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Indonesia’s National Police's counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, has arrested 10 persons suspected of planning suicide bombings in Merauke, Papua.

Indonesian counterterrorism police have foiled a series of planned suicide bombings in some cities ahead of the October 20 swearing-in of President Joko Widodo, who was re-elected for a second term in the April 17 presidential election.

Indonesian police said on May 17 that they had arrested dozens of Islamic-State linked terror suspects, including some who planned to detonate bombs at political demonstrations where the election results are announced next week.

Indonesia police said on May 6 that they had thwarted a scheme by an Islamic State (IS)-affiliated group to conduct suicide bombings on the day the presidential election results will be announced at the end of this month.

Indonesian security forces held an anti-terrorism drill on August 1 as preparations for the 18th Asian Games, which will take place from August 18 to September 2.

The government of Indonesia has shut down thousands of websites containing content related to extremism and terrorism.

Ideological education is the key to counter-terrorism, said Beni Sukadis, Programme Coordinator of the Indonesia Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies (Lesperssi), following a series of recent deadly terrorist attacks in Surabaya city, Indonesia.

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 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.

Vietnam strongly condemns the recent terror attacks in Surabaya city of Indonesia, including inhuman attacks at three churches in the early morning of May 13 that left many civilians dead and injured, said the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.

President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 14 cabled messages of condolences to Indonesian President Joko Widodo over the recent terror attacks in Surabaya city of Indonesia, especially the bombings at three churches in the early morning of May 13 that left many civilians dead and injured.

An Indonesian court on April 9 jailed the mastermind behind last year’s suicide bombings at a Jakarta bus station for nine years.

Indonesian police announced on June 22 that they have arrested 41 suspected militants following last month’s suicide bombings in Jakarta that killed and injured 15 people.

Indonesia’s national police force has taken security measures for the possibility of terrorist attacks on police offices by militants which aim to cause huge fatalities ahead of Islamic Eid al-Fitr festival.

Indonesian police said they have captured three more suspected militants following twin suicide bombings in Jakarta last week that killed three policemen and injured 12 other police and civilians.

Indonesian police on May 26 arrested three people suspected being linked to the suicide bombings that killed at least three police in a Jakarta bus terminal.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited victims of recent suicide bombings at the Kramat Jati police hospital on May 25.

The Thai Ministry of Transport has raised security measures to the maximum level at all airports in the country in wake of a recent incident in Istanbul's Ataturk Airport.

Vietnam always stands ready to cooperate with the international community within multilateral and bilateral frameworks to fight terrorism and violent extremism, a Vietnamese official has said.