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08:54, 01-Jul-2017
Indonesian police find ISIL propaganda books used by children
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Indonesian police in Jakarta displayed scores of notebooks inscribed with ISIL propaganda seized during a raid on the home of a suspected militant on Friday. They said some of the notebooks appeared to have been used by children, and had "you are all obliged to go to war" on the top of every page.
The raid was carried out in connection with the stabbing to death of a policeman in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province on June 25. Police shot dead one suspect and arrested another man after the attack in Medan, with Reuters reporting that the arrested man had spent time in Syria in 2013.
Indonesia, despite being a secular country, has the world’s highest Muslim population. Authorities are concerned that extremist groups like ISIL are starting to gain a foothold in the country, and the wider Southeast Asia region, especially after recent militant attacks in the Philippines.