Indonesian police said on September 2 that they have been investigating possible foreign involvement in violent protests in Papua and West Papua provinces since August 19.
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.
Indonesia’s police are worried about new attacks after a series of bombings hitting East Java province on May 13 and 14 left at least 20 dead and many others injured.
Indonesia’s police has confirmed that a family of five, including an eight-year-old girl, were the perpetrators of the bomb attack on the police headquarters in Surabaya, which killed four people and injured at least 16 others, on May 14 morning.