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Terrorists Fight to Stay Visible, Experts Say
Members of the anti-terror squad Densus 88 prepare for a raid in Bandung in May. (EPA Photo) As the recent string of deadly attacks against police officers indicates, the fight against terrorism is not...
View ArticleGovt Action Needed to Prevent A New Generation of Extremists
The Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict on Monday called for better post-sentence monitoring of prisoners amid the Indonesian government’s plan to release over 100 convicted extremists in the...
View ArticleEight Suspected Terrorists Detained
Densus 88, the country’s anti-terrorism unit, has captured eight terrorist suspects in two days for their alleged involvement in the shooting of police officers at three locations in South Tangerang in...
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Indonesians on Trial Over ‘Evil’ Myanmar Embassy Plot
Achmad Taufiq (L) is guarded by a policeman prior to his trial at the South Jakarta court in Jakarta on November 11, 2013. (AFP Photo/Adek Berry) Two suspected Indonesian extremists went on trial...
View ArticleEscaped Terror Convict Hid in Medan and Aceh Before Sailing to Malaysia
Terror convict Fadli Sadama — who escaped from a North Sumatra prison in July and was recaptured in Malaysia last month — moved between hiding places in Medan and Aceh during his time on the run before...
View ArticleCentral Java Bank Robbery Linked to Terrorism: Police
A group of men robbed a small branch of state-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia in the Central Java district of Purworejo on Friday. Police said they suspected that robbery was linked to terrorism...
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Syrian Conflict Draws Indonesian Jihadis Into Fray: IPAC
A man gestures near a damaged car at a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by government forces in Aleppo’s Dahret Awwad neighborhood on Jan. 29, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Hosam Katan)...
View ArticleProsecutors Seek 10- and 15-Year Sentences for Terror Suspects
A Jakarta fruit vendor accused of plotting the failed assassination of Makassar’s deputy mayor before committing a string of armed robberies targeting “non-believers” to fund domestic acts of terrorism...
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Brimob Officer and Suspected Militant Killed in Poso Anti-Terror Raid
Indonesian forensic police officers inspect the site of a bomb blast, a police station in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on June 4, 2013, a day after a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up. (EPA...
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Indonesia Ratifies UN Nuclear Terrorism Convention
Indonesian police participate in an anti-terror drill at the National Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan) complex in Serpong, Tangerang, on April 23, 2013. (AFP Photo/Adek Berry) Jakarta. Indonesia ratified...
View ArticlePolice Arrest 2 After Skimish With Poso Terror Group
Jakarta. Poso police on Tuesday arrested two alleged terrorists after a Monday gunfight in a Central Sulawesi village. “We’re sure that they’re members of a terrorist [group] that we’ve been looking...
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After Malaysia Passport Lax, Calls for Tighter Security at Indonesia’s Airports
Officials hope tightened security at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport will increase passenger safety. (JG Photo/Fajrin Raharjo) Ambon/Jakarta. Revelations that two passengers aboard the missing...
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Indonesian Police Thwart Red-Light Mail Bomb Plot in Sulawesi
Police stand guard in Tangerang, Banten, in this file photo. (JG Photo/Fajrin Raharjoa) Jakarta. Indonesian police intercepted a shipment of two homemade bombs out of Surabaya, East Java, the National...
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Militant Santoso Accuses Densus 88 of Being Foreign Agents, Calls for Attacks
Photos of terror fugitive Santoso in Police’s wanted list. (JG Photo/Farouk Arnaz) Dubai. Indonesia’s most wanted Islamist militant, Santoso, has issued a new call for attacks on anti-terror police,...
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Police Arrest Suspected Cop Killer in Central Sulawesi
Santoso, center, seen in a YouTube video that was subsequently taken down, is Indonesia’s most wanted man. (Photo via YouTube) Jakarta. The Densus 88 police anti-terrorism squadron on Friday arrested a...
View ArticleDensus 88 Operation Nets 2 Tentena Bombing Suspects
Jakarta. Densus 88, the National Police’s anti terror squad, announced on Thursday that it had arrested nine people for terrorism offenses, two of whom are suspected of involvement in the 2005 Tentena...
View ArticleDensus 88 Arrests 9, Including 2 Tentena Bombing Suspects
Jakarta. Densus 88, the National Police anti-terror squad, announced on Thursday that it had arrested nine alleged terrorists, two of whom are suspected of involvement in the 2005 Tentena market...
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Arrests Reveal Jemaah Islamiyah’s Return, Police Source Says
Police anti-terrorism squad Densus 88 made a string of terror arrests last week. (AFP Photo) Jakarta. A string of terror arrests in Java might indicate a return of the Southeast Asian militant...
View ArticleNine Named Suspects After Last Week’s Terrorism Arrests
Jakarta. Nine alleged domestic terrorists arrested last week by Densus 88, the National Police anti-terror squad, have been named suspects, police said on Wednesday. Among those named, two were...
View ArticleBehind Claim of Resurgent Terror, The Shadow of Political Intrigue
For years the police had crowed about having Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian terrorist network affiliated with Al Qaeda, in retreat, rooting out its members in raid after raid and foiling one...
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