Risk intelligence (14/05/2021) - Bangladesh
BANGLADESH MILITANT GROUP AIMS TO STRENGTHEN RECRUITMENT DRIVE
According to documents obtained by the police’s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC), the radical militant group, Ansar al-Islam, intends to recruit youth from high schools, madrasahs, universities, Islamic parties, and other insurgent organisations.
According to the police, the group was looking to recruit people who were intellectually and politically astute and could make good use of time and opportunity. The revelation also indicates that Ansar al-Islam was trying to create a strong grassroot level support network with the help of social media that has impressive penetration among educated minds.
Risk intelligence (30/04/2021) - Thailand
Three killed in fiery insurgent attack in Pattani
PATTANI: Three family members were killed and two pickup trucks burned when assailants opened fire on the vehicles, which burst into flames, in Sai Buri district on Saturday morning, 24 April. The attack occurred on Pattani-Narathiwat Road No 42 in tambon Laharn, said Sai Buri police who were alerted around 0630hrs.
Risk advisory from Hill and Associates
The security situation in Thailand’s Deep South region remains volatile.
Violent incidents, such as hit-and-run or bomb attacks, roadside bombings, drive-by shootings, assassinations, arson and skirmishes between Patani-Malay separatist insurgents and security forces or government militias continue to occur sporadically across the provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and the southern districts of Songkhla.
Most security-related incidents take place in rural areas, but main cities such as Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and Hat Yay in the Buddhist-majority area of Songkhla province have been targeted by bombings in the past.
Bombings or other types of attacks in provinces outside of the insurgent’s main area of operation in the Malay-majority provinces are possible.
Risk Intelligence (03/03/2021) - Indonesia
Police are investigating a terrorism attack plot by members of the al-Qaeda affiliated Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network following the arrest of more than 20 suspects in raids across East Java, Indonesia.
The police special counterterrorism unit Densus 88 detained 12 suspects in Surabaya, Sidoarjo, Mojokerto and Malang on 26 February, while nine others were arrested in Surabaya, Malang, Kediri and Bojonegoro on 1 and 2 March.