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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 15 OcTOber 2019

Indonesia arrests 22 militants following attack on minister

By NINIEK KARMINI who want to carry out the
Associated Press attacks," Prasetyo said, re-
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ferring to an Arabic term
— At least 22 suspected for violent jihadist action
militants plotting bombings against those perceived as
and other attacks have enemies of Islam.
been arrested in a coun- Chief Security Minister Wi-
terterrorism crackdown fol- ranto, a local police chief
lowing last week's assault and a third man were
by a knife-wielding militant wounded in the broad
couple who wounded In- daylight attack on Thurs-
donesia's top security minis- day by the couple in the
ter, police said Monday. western province of Bant-
National police spokesman en. Wiranto, who goes by
Dedi Prasetyo told a news one name, is recovering in
conference that the po- an army hospital in Jakarta
lice's elite anti-terror squad, and police were interrogat-
known as Densus 88, seized ing the couple, who were
10 homemade pipe bombs believed to be members of
believed to be intended for a JAD bloc in Banten.
suicide attacks, chemicals Wiranto, a 72-year-old for-
for use in explosives, airsoft mer armed forces chief,
guns, knives, documents Indonesian National Police spokesperson Brig.Gen. Dedi Prasetyo, right, and an aide show pho- sustained two stab wounds
on planned attacks, jihad- tos of evidence of confiscated items during raids following a knife attack against Indonesian in the stomach but was in
Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Wiranto during a press conference in Jakarta,
ist books, laptops and cell- Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. stable condition. The at-
phones in separate raids. Associated Press tack came just over a week
Police were hunting other before the Oct. 20 inaugu-
suspected militants, who and are members of a lo- Jama'ah Anshorut Daulah, free to conduct 'amaliah' ration of President Joko
mostly are participants in cal affiliate of the Islamic or JAD. independently, depend- Widodo for his second five-
a social media chat group State group known as the "Members of this group are ing on the ability of those year term.q

Japan storm survivors though worst was over, then it flooded

KAORI HITOMI 74-year-old said. er. Some 30,000 people
MARI YAMAGUCHI The storm, which made were in evacuation cen-
Associated Press landfall in the Tokyo region ters.
KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — late Saturday, had dumped Saito said he was de-
After the worst of Typhoon record amounts of rain that termined not to evacu-
Hagibis passed over this caused rivers to overflow ate Sunday despite the
town north of Japan's capi- their banks. It turned many floodwater because "this
tal, Kazuo Saito made sure neighborhoods in Kawa- is my only home." His wife,
there was no water outside goe into water and mud Sumiko, thought evacuat-
his house and went to bed. covered swamps. ing at that point was too
Saito woke up a few times Crews were working across late and more dangerous.
throughout the night to the region to dig through "I was terrified and my
check, but by the time he mudslides and search riv- knees trembled," she said.
woke for good on Sunday erbanks for those missing As they waited, the flood-
morning, the view outside in the storm, which killed water gradually subsided,
his window was almost un- almost 50 people and left and on Monday they were Evacuees from Typhoon Hagibis take shelter at a nearby el-
recognizable. thousands of homes on Ja- able to come down from ementary school gym on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Kawagoe
"There was a huge river pan's main island flooded, the second floor of their City, Japan.
flowing in front of me," the damaged or without pow- home. q Associated Press