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"The U.S. Embassy has been made aware of a potential threat
against U.S.-associated hotels and banks in Surabaya,
Indonesia," the embassy said in a statement on its website.
"The U.S. Embassy recommends heightened vigilance and awareness
of one's surroundings when visiting such facilities," it said.
The statement gave no further details.
Indonesia is considered to have been largely successful in
cracking down on homegrown militant groups following multiple
attacks in the 2000s targeting foreigners and state
institutions.
But authorities have raised concerns in recent months over
hundreds of Indonesian citizens attempting to travel to Syria
and Iraq to fight alongside militants of the Islamic State
organisation.
(Reporting by Kanupriya Kapoor; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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