The Indonesian court sentenced extremist Islamic cleric Aman Abdurrahman to death on June 22 over his role in a 2016 terror attack that saw a suicide bomber blow himself up at a Jakarta Starbucks cafe.
Indonesian police have arrested terrorists in East and Central Java provinces, suspected of planning several attacks in government offices and banks operating in Blitar city, East Java province.
The ASEAN foreign ministers on May 18 released a statement condemning recent terrorist attacks in Indonesia, according to the ASEAN Secretariat.
Indonesia’s national police chief Tito Karnavian on May 17 affirmed that national security has been strengthened to deal with terrorism threats after a series of suicide bombings rocked the country days ago.
The Indonesian police arrested 31 alleged militants in the wake of suicide attacks on three churches and at least two police headquarters in the country in recent days.
Indonesia’s police on May 15 shot dead a militant and arrested 13 others suspected of links to suicide bombings in Surabaya city on on May 13 and 14, which left at least 20 dead and many others injured.
Indonesian police killed four terror suspects in Cianjur regency of West Java province on early May 13, saying they had planned attacks in the capital city and Bandung city.
Malaysia’s police announced on December 22 that they had arrested 20 suspects, including 13 foreigners, for link to recent terrorist activities.
The Indonesian police have announced that they had stopped a New Year attack plot on a police station in West Java state by a militant group related to the self-claimed Islamic State (IS).
The Indonesian police on December 25 killed two suspected militants and arrested two others just few days after foiling bomb suicide plots of a group relating to the so-called Islamic State (IS) near Jakarta on Christmas Day.
