Police Arrest Youth With ISIS Attributes

Jambi (Antara Bali) - The Jambi police has arrested a youth found keeping in his house attributes including flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) .

Police arrested Novaldi (18) on report from his own father, Jambi police chief Brig.Gen.Bambang Sudarisman said here on Tuesday. Bambang said Novaldi's father reported to police that Novaldi had threatened to hurt him with sharp weapon  and held his younger son hostage .

Novaldi threatened his father Mulyadi (47) and his younger brother Maulana (6), who was held hostage at the family's  foodstuff store in the sub-district of Sijenmjang, East Jambi.

The incident began when Novaldi asked his father for Rp300 million , but when his father asked what the money for Novaldi took a a machete and attacked his father and locked his younger brother in a room of the store. Mulyadi, then ran to police and reported the incident. Novali is now at police detention for further investigation .

Police found a number of ISIS attributes  including ISIS flag, an AK-56 replica , and a long knife,a sweater written  in Arabic language , a book on jihad war , etc. Muladi said Novaldi had changed lately refusing to communicate with his family members.

Indonesia has declared war against ISIS after ISIS threatened to kill a number of Indonesian leaders. (WDY)