Indonesian counter-terrorism police arrested at least 10 people this week accused of planning separate attacks around the country during the Christmas holiday.
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Indonesia and Australia have committed to enhanced co-operation on cyber crime, intelligence sharing, investigating terrorism financing and “certain operational matters” Attorney General George Brandis says.
Indonesian counter-terrorism police said on Sunday they had arrested suspected Islamist militants in locations across the island of Java, foiling separate plots to bomb minority Shia communities and target Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Speaking after the arrest of six members of an Islamic State-inspired network in Indonesia following information from Australian federal police and the FBI, Ms Bishop said the two countries were co-operating extremely closely.
“I believe that we will have a very fruitful and productive meeting”, Marsudi said Monday.
“Police personnel nationwide are on constant vigilance”, said Khalid.
Indonesian police arrested nine suspected terrorists in the raids.
Another arrested suspect, known as Abdul Karim or Abu Jundi, was allegedly hoarding suspicious materials.
Among those arrested was Asep Urip, a 31-year-old teacher at an Islamic boarding school in Central Java, and his 35-year-old pupil Zaenal, whom police allege was being “groomed” to carry out an imminent attack.
“The terrorists planned an attack this December, but we are still investigating what type of attack”, he said.
Armed anti-terror police are shown here on March 22, 2015, carrying bags of evidence from the house of a man suspected of being involved in Islamic State-related activities in Indonesia.
The Jakarta Globe reported the raids were prompted by intelligence from the US Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Australian Federal Police.
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The Java raids came a month after Indonesia increased security at its airports following a threat directed at one of the airports serving Jakarta.
