Bahrun Naim is described as the facilitator and recruiter of new ISIS cells in Indonesia and has been behind several terror attempts in Indonesia.
TERRORISM. Police show evidence from their foiled attempt during their press conference where they also announced Bahrun Naim's alleged whereabouts. Photo from Antara
A notorious Indonesian-born ISIS fighter, Bahrun Naim, is currently in the southern Philippines to ally with local terrorist groups.
(READ: What we know about the man believed to be behind Jakarta attacks)
“According to the latest information, they have been assigned to Southeast Asia, with a base in South Philippines,” said Inspector General Boy Rafli Amar, Head of the Indonesian Police Public Relations Division in Jakarta on Thursday, December 15.
Besides Bahrun Naim, Amar said several members of Jamaah Ansorut Daulah (JAD), who have been living in Syria have also moved to the Philippines "like Bahrun Syam and Abu Whalid alias Syaifudin."
Amar described Naim as the facilitator and recruiter of new ISIS cells in Indonesia. This is based on testimonies of terror suspects who have been arrested. The majority of them were in direct contact with Naim.
Amar said that as of Thursday, the Densus 88 special anti-terror squad had captured 11 terror suspects from the M. Nur Solikhin or MNS terrorist network that had planned to carry out an attack at the presidential palace. Two of the suspects were a married couple identified by the initials TS alias UA and HG.
The couple was arrested in a rented house in Tasikmalaya, West Java on Thursday morning. TS is suspected to have introduced one of the other alleged terrorists, DYN, to MNS who later became her husband.
DYN, MNS, and one other person, identified by the initials AS, were arrested on Saturday, December 12. They were suspected of planning to bomb the presidential palace. Police found explosives in a rice cooker in DNY’s rented house in Bekasi, just outside of Jakarta, last Saturday.
http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/indonesia/english/155802-isis-bahrun-naim-south-philippines
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