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2024-09-10 Southeast Asia

ISIS plot to kill the Pope with bow and arrow

More on this story from yesterday.

[DM] An 'ISIS-inspired' terror plot to kill Pope Francis with bows and arrows during his visit to Indonesia has been foiled by police.

Seven suspects were arrested across September 2 and 3 following tip-offs from concerned citizens.

Bow and arrows, a drone and ISIS leaflets were found during a raid of one of the alleged militant's houses.

Some of those arrested had also pledged allegiance to ISIS, The Straits Times has reported.

The suspects, who have been named only as HFP, LB, DF, FA, HS, ER and RS, were reportedly angered by the Pope visiting Jakarta's Istiqlal mosque, the largest in South-east Asia.

There was also fury over the government's request for TV stations to broadcast the Pope's visit over the usual Islamic call to prayer.

A spokesman for Indonesia's terror-crushing unit Detachment-88 said investigations are 'ongoing' and it is unclear if the detainees knew each other.

'We have a mechanism to monitor and filter. We had tip-off information from members of the public,' Colonel Aswin Siregar added.

Pope Francis is currently on a 12-day tour of the Asia Pacific during which he will visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.

He arrived in East Timor on Monday, where he will hold a huge mass expected to attract more than half the country's 1.3 million population.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-10 09:33|| || Front Page|| [11157 views ] Top
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#1 Pope's mass in Timor-Leste draws 600,000 worshippers

"Homes were recently demolished and families displaced in the area where the congregation is being held."

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-10 10:14|| 2024-09-10 10:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Why is Pope Francis doing a long tour when he's so frail?

Why? Ego.

Mother Teresa's last message, written on day she died, reveals deep faith in Christ

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-10 10:35|| 2024-09-10 10:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Not that I want to see anybody killed, but this woke-ass Pope...I wouldn't shed one tear upon his passing.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-09-10 13:28|| 2024-09-10 13:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Indonesia is a popular destination for rich boy-diddlers.

Right Clooney?

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-09-10 13:31|| 2024-09-10 13:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Bow and arrow? Well if it was good enough for St. Sebastian, it's certainly good enough for this poseur.

Posted by Mercutio 2024-09-10 14:21|| 2024-09-10 14:21|| Front Page Top

#6 A crazy old Basran, Alhazen,
"Not positive as to what's causin'
Those rainbows," used methods
That, sadly, aren't blèssed
By present-day Papa or Gazan.

Posted by Pancho Poodle8452 2024-09-10 16:43|| 2024-09-10 16:43|| Front Page Top

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