ISIS Marawi Prepares Attacks in ASEAN, Indonesia Must Be Vigilant!
The ISIS terrorist network that fights the Philippine forces in Marawi allegedly prepares militants for similar attacks in Southeast Asia (ASEAN) and East Asia. Indonesia is warned to be vigilant.
The warning appears in the report of the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC), a Jakarta-based institution, on Friday (21/7/2017).
According to the report, the terrorist network of the Maute-Wing group of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the southern Philippines-who acted in Marawi City, turned out to involve Bahrumsyah, a young Indonesian who reportedly became ISIS's top official in Syria.
Bahrumsyah was reportedly killed in Syria some time ago, but the Indonesian Foreign Ministry could not confirm the report.
According to IPAC, Bahrumsyah and former Malaysian teacher Mahmud Ahmad recruited militants to seize Marawi. Both are reported as channeling funds from the Middle East to terrorist networks in Marawi.
"Operation Marawi receives funds directly from the ISIS center and a series of commands run from Syria via the Philippines to Indonesia and beyond," the IPAC report quoted by the Straits Times said.
Nearly 100 soldiers and Filipino police officers were killed in fighting in Marawi. While from militant camps more than 400 people were killed.
"Marawi has raised the Philippine militant prestige in the eyes of the ISIS center and inspired young extremists from across the region to want to join," continued the IPAC report.
IPAC warns that the conflict in Marawi could lead to a higher risk of violent attacks in other cities in the Philippines and in Indonesia as well as in Malaysia.
Alleged preparations for terrorist group attacks in Marawi to a number of areas of ASEAN and East Asia are also monitored from messages in Telegram. According to IPAC, the militants via Telegram called for attacks in Singapore, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), South Korea, Japan and China.
"It is our duty to fight them and to bring sharia to replace the laws of this region. Their leader is all an anti-Muslim symbol, "reads a message believed to be from Bahrumsyah, called the head of the ISIS combat unit.
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