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The Straits Times
April 10, 2018
JAKARTA - A Muslim preacher was on Monday (April 9) sentenced to nine years in jail by an Indonesian court for inciting the suicide bombing in East Jakarta ... Ansharut Daulah, an alliance of Indonesian militants who have pledged their allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group.
Jakarta Post
April 10, 2018
Indonesian Islamist preacher Kiki Muhammad Iqbal waits for his trial at the North Jakarta court in Jakarta on April 2, 2018. (Agence France ... Iqbal is believed to be a student of radical cleric Aman Abdurrahman, the leader of the Islamic State (IS)-linked militant outfit Jamaah Ansharut Daulah. AbdurrahmanÃâà...
ABC News
April 3, 2018
A commander of rebels in Indonesia's easternmost Papua region said Tuesday that as many as 100 villagers have taken shelter with them in a mountainous jungle ... Aidi said drone observations showed the Indonesian force of 50 had killed two rebel fighters and injured dozens in the "shootout" Sunday.
Stuff.co.nz
April 3, 2018
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has added an Indonesian and Filipino group to the list of designated terrorist entities. ... "JAD and Maute Group have been responsible for planning and conducting violent terrorist acts against both government and civilian targets in Indonesia and the Philippines respectively.
Asahi Shimbun
April 2, 2018
The liberation army said one of its fighters was killed. Aidi said the dead Indonesian soldier's body has yet to be evacuated due to bad weather and difficult terrain in the mountainous area. An insurgency has simmered in Papua since the early 1960s when Indonesia annexed the region that had remainedÃâà...
The Guardian
April 1, 2018
Like many refugee women smuggled from their country to Indonesia after al-Shabaab militants raped them or murdered their family, they have fallen through ... The 25-year-old narrowly escaped death when militants beheaded her father and burned her remaining family members alive in an attack on herÃâà...
ABS-CBN News
March 25, 2018
MANILA - An Indonesian believed to be a terrorist was nabbed by members of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Sultan Kudarat, authorities said Sunday. The suspect was identified as ... He also allegedly figured in a suicide bomb attempt in Ceribon, Indonesia. The suspect is undergoingÃâà...
The Manila Times
March 14, 2018
AN alleged Indonesian terrorist was arrested by police at Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat and has been placed under the custody of the Bureau of Immigration (BI), a police official said. Supt. Aldrin Gonzales, spokesman of the Soccsksargen police, identified the suspect as Mushalah Somina Rasim alias AbuÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations
March 1, 2018
The rise of Islamism in Malaysia and Indonesia could have severe consequences for the two states' societies, political systems, and overall stability. .... fought an Islamic State-linked group last year, and six Indonesian militants were detained in 2016 for allegedly planning a terrorist attack in Singapore.
The Japan Times
March 1, 2018
JAKARTA – A group of terror attack survivors and traumatized relatives of those killed boycotted Indonesia's first-ever meeting between former militants and their victims Wednesday, marring an event hailed as a key step toward reconciliation. The government-hosted talks brought together 124 peopleÃâà...
Borneo Bulletin Online
February 27, 2018
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – The Indonesian government is bringing together dozens of convicted militants and survivors of attacks in what it hopes will ... At least 18 former militant prisoners have been involved in attacks in Indonesia since 2010, including a January 2016 suicide bombing and gun attack inÃâà...
benarnews
February 27, 2018
Neris, 25, an Indonesian and sister of a taxi driver who was killed in the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, cries as she holds his son during a gathering ... Indonesia is hosting a rare encounter between former terrorists and victims of terror in the hopes of strengthening its deradicalization programs byÃâà...
Arab News
February 21, 2018
He said that attacks by self-proclaimed Daesh-affiliated militants in Indonesia “were not always related to Daesh, or even to Bahrun Naim or Aman Abdurrahman,” referencing an Indonesian militant believed to be fighting for Daesh in Syria and a convicted radical cleric who led a Daesh-affiliated networkÃâà...
South China Morning Post
February 12, 2018
A court sentenced the leader of an Islamic State group-affiliated militant network in Indonesia to seven years in prison on Monday for involvement in ... Anshori was arrested in April, sparking a failed reprisal attack against police in East Java province which ended with six militants killed in a gun battle.
The Straits Times
February 6, 2018
JAKARTA - An Indonesian court has sentenced hardened terrorist Suryadi Mas'ud to 10 years in jail for procuring firearms in the Philippines and for his involvement in funding terrorism. ... Suryadi visited local militants named Marod and Dato, old friends from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
ABC News
December 31, 1999
The Indonesian government is bringing together dozens of convicted Islamic militants and survivors of attacks in what it hopes will be an important step ... At least 18 former militant prisoners have been involved in attacks in Indonesia since 2010, including a January 2016 suicide bombing and gun attack inÃâà...
