JAKARTA - Indonesia's anti-terrorist squad arrested 11 suspected Islamic terrorists it said planned to attack the US embassy, a plaza near Australia's embassy and the offices of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, a police spokesman said on Saturday.
The Detachment 88 squad seized bomb-making equipment and one ready-made bomb to be used by a new militant group called Harakah Sunni for the Indonesian Society (HASMI), said National Police spokesman Suhardi Alius in a statement.
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They come 10 years this month after a bomb attack on Bali killed 202 people, most of whom were foreign tourists.