Jakarta, Oct. 1 -- The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) warned the public to beware of a new way of radicalization, which has now spread into online games.

The head of BNPT, Commissioner General Eddy Hartono, in a statement on Wednesday, said this phenomenon is increasingly worrying, with children and teenagers as targets, the most vulnerable age group exposed to extreme ideology.

"At least 13 children in Indonesia have connected through the online game Roblox, which then became a gateway for a network of terrorist affiliates," he conveyed during a meeting discussing efforts to prevent radicalization in cyberspace on Tuesday (September 30).

He explained that interactions on the online game have moved to messaging applications su...