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8 Indonesian ISIS terror fighters deported by Turkey amid heightened alert for year-end attacks

JAKARTA - Turkey has deported eight Indonesian citizens identified as terrorist fighters for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, with the group now in Indonesian custody, the police confirmed on Tuesday (Dec 19).

The group comprised five men, two children and one woman, who were only identified by the initials SS (40), M (23), DA (22), AZ (21), MI (21), YA (19), JA (11) and AM (7), reported The Jakarta Globe.

"On Sunday, at 7.55pm Jakarta time, we picked up eight Indonesians who were foreign terrorist fighters in Syria and Iraq...," Senior Commander Martinus Sitompu, a National Police spokesman, told BeritaSatu.com.

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