Indonesia arrests 11 over planned US embassy attack

Indonesian police have arrested 11 suspected terrorists who they say were planning attacks on the US embassy and an American consulate.

A police spokesman says the group was planning to attack a building near the Australian embassy.
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Police say the suspected terrorists belonged to a new network known as Hasmi.

Explosive materials were also secured from a location in Solo, central Java, and in Bogor on the outskirts of Jakarta.

“The group’s objectives were to attack the US embassy in Jakarta and consulate-general in the eastern Javanese city of Surabaya,” national police spokesman Suhardi Alius told reporters.