Farouk Arnaz – Police investigating the deadly attack on members of the Ahmadiyah community in Cikeusik, Banten, have made another two arrests, taking the total number of suspects to 12.
National Police spokesman Chief Comr. Boy Raffly Amar said the pair, accompanied by a local leader, had turned themselves in to Banten Police on Sunday. He said one the accused, identified as D, 17, had been taken to a youth detention facility.
In total, 12 people have been arrested and 103 witnesses questioned in relation to the bloody violence on Feb. 6, when an crowd estimated to be in excess of 1,000 people attacked a home sheltering 25 members of the minority Islamic sect.
Three members of the sect were killed and another five critically injured. The attacks were filmed and downloaded on YouTube. Those arrested so far are local residents but the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has concluded that those behind the attack were not from the area.