Ilham Syafii, a suspected terrorist linked to the Poso-based group headed by Santoso, was killed in shootout with police in South Sulawesi. Police said they have convinced a group of Islamic State supporters to cancel a gathering organized by the Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid and slated for Jan. 11 in Semarang, East Java. In December, Malaysian authorities deported 12 Indonesians who were seeking to travel to the Middle East to join the Islamic State. Tourism is down in Aceh after a group of youths broke up a concert at a beach resort on Jan. 1 on the grounds that it violated sharia.
