Chief Sigit Says Attacker of National Police HQ Is ISIS Sympathizer
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Dewi Elvia Muthiariny
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Petir Garda Bhwana
Kamis, 1 April 2021 11:49 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said that the alleged terrorist identified as ZA who attacked the National Police Headquarters on Wednesday, March 31, is a lone actor who is later confirmed to be a woman.
“From the results of the profiling study, she is a lone wolf perpetrator who has an ISIS ideology,” said Sigit in his office, South Jakarta, Wednesday, March 31.
He explained that based on the police search through ZA’s social media accounts, she posted a photo of the terrorist group’s flag with a caption about the struggle for jihad 21 hours before the terror act.
As widely reported, ZA attacked the National Police HQ in South Jakarta at 16:30 local time, March 31. She opened six fire on officers before she was shot back to death.
Donning a black dress and a blue veil, the ISIS sympathizer was seen bringing a brown package containing an envelope. Sigit stopped short of explaining the content.
Listyo Sigit went on to say that he had ordered the Head of the police’s anti-terror squad Densus 88 to investigate this incident. “I have ordered the Densus Head to thoroughly investigate possible networks of this incident,” he said.
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