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Video shows moment knife-wielding man attacked police in Indonesia

Video that showed a knife-wielding Islamic State-inspired militant attacking three police officers in Indonesia surfaced on social media on Friday after Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack through its news agency, Amaq. The attack on Thursday  in Tangerang, located on the outskirts of capital Jakarta, was the latest in a series of incidents linked to Islamic State in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation this year.  The attacker, who stabbed three police officers and threw a pipe bomb that failed to detonate, was shot and died of his wounds later.  Police confirmed the attacker, Sultan Aziansyah, was a member of Indonesian militant group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, which supports Islamic State. Authorities believe Islamic State has more than 1,200 followers in Indonesia and nearly 400 Indonesians have left to join the group in Syria.  

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