Jakarta, Aug. 23 -- Indonesia's counterterrorism agency is strengthening early detection and prevention systems against radicalism and terrorism down to the village level, with a focus on protecting children and youth from online recruitment.
The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) is training local security officers and community leaders in Banten Province on August 19-21 as part of a broader strategy to combat extremist ideologies, a BNPT officer said.
Speaking here Friday, BNPT's Deputy for Enforcement and Capacity Building Police Inspector General Faizal Thayeb said the training village supervisory non-commissioned officers (Babinsa), community police officers (Bhabinkamtibmas), and village heads.
"The main focus of the capacit...
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