Indonesia Security Minister Stabbed by Suspected Daesh Member
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Indonesia's chief security minister Wiranto was stabbed by an attacker allegedly "exposed to Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) radicalism" as he was stepping into a vehicle Thursday, police said, adding that a local police chief was also injured.
A man wielding a knife attacked him during a visit to a town on the island of Java, images from police and television showed.
Television footage showed the minister getting out of a car in Pandeglang, in Banten province, before he was attacked and slumped to the ground.
A man and a woman had been arrested, National Police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo added, AFP reported.
Wiranto, 72, has served as chief security minister in President Joko Widodo's cabinet since 2016.
His appointment drew criticism from rights groups for his involvement as chief of the armed forces in the bloody upheaval in East Timor.
Wiranto was indicted by a UN panel over the bloodshed surrounding East Timor’s 1999 independence vote, when about 1,000 people were killed. Wiranto denied any wrongdoing in East Timor.
