<p>Indonesian police today arrested six people just before they were about to fly to Syria to join the Islamic State group, the latest in a growing wave of sympathisers emerging from the world's most populous Muslim nation.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Those arrested at Jakarta's Soekarno Hatta airport at dawn included a couple and their 10-year-old child, with police saying they were attempting to travel on fake passports.<br />The alleged organiser of the trip was also captured after the arrests.<br /><br />"They admitted during an investigation that they want to carry out jihad and to be martyrs in defending (IS)," said Jakarta police spokesman Rikwanto.<br /><br />"We hope to find out more details from the organiser, including the one who funded the trip," he added.<br /><br />The number of IS supporters embarking from Indonesia soared to 264 in October from 86 in June, the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT) chief Saud Usman Nasution was quoted as saying in the Jakarta Post.<br /><br />In total, an estimated 514 Indonesians have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight alongside IS -- around half of them students or migrant workers based in nearby countries, according to Nasution.<br /><br />Indonesia has waged a crackdown on terror groups over the past decade following attacks against Western targets, including the 2002 Bali bombings -- a campaign that has been credited with weakening key networks.</p>
<p>Indonesian police today arrested six people just before they were about to fly to Syria to join the Islamic State group, the latest in a growing wave of sympathisers emerging from the world's most populous Muslim nation.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Those arrested at Jakarta's Soekarno Hatta airport at dawn included a couple and their 10-year-old child, with police saying they were attempting to travel on fake passports.<br />The alleged organiser of the trip was also captured after the arrests.<br /><br />"They admitted during an investigation that they want to carry out jihad and to be martyrs in defending (IS)," said Jakarta police spokesman Rikwanto.<br /><br />"We hope to find out more details from the organiser, including the one who funded the trip," he added.<br /><br />The number of IS supporters embarking from Indonesia soared to 264 in October from 86 in June, the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT) chief Saud Usman Nasution was quoted as saying in the Jakarta Post.<br /><br />In total, an estimated 514 Indonesians have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight alongside IS -- around half of them students or migrant workers based in nearby countries, according to Nasution.<br /><br />Indonesia has waged a crackdown on terror groups over the past decade following attacks against Western targets, including the 2002 Bali bombings -- a campaign that has been credited with weakening key networks.</p>