Indonesia cracks down on domestic terrorism plots

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's anti-terrorism forces have been busy over the past few months closing in on militants plotting not against Westerners but instead preparing to wage "holy war" against police and the government, which they see as barriers to creating an Islamic state.

Alleged bomb maker Muhammad Toriq made their job easy Sunday when the armed militant turned himself into authorities while wearing a suicide bomber belt that did not contain any explosives.

He had been on the run since last week when police flushed him out of his Jakarta house after neighbors reported seeing smoke billowing from it.

He escaped again over the weekend after a blast rocked a house in the capital's outskirts. Police believe it was a bomb that accidentally went off while being prepared for a terrorist attack.