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List of terrorist incidents in Indonesia

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This is a list of incidents in Indonesia that have been labelled as "terrorism".

1960s

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1970s

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1980s

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1990s

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  • 13 September 1997: Bomb attack in Mranggen, Demak, Central Java. The attack was planned by three pro-independence East Timorese youth, but the bomb exploded accidentally. Xanana Gusmão, the future president of East Timor, claimed responsibility for the attack, but the suspects escaped.[3]
  • 18 January 1998: A bomb accidentally exploded in the Tanah Tinggi flat in Central Jakarta. Agus Priyono, a member of Solidaritas Mahasiswa Indonesia untuk Demokrasi (SMID), a Partai Rakyat Demokratik (People's Democratic Party) organization, was jailed for seven months for failing to report his knowledge of the planned attack to relevant authorities.[3]
  • 11 December 1998: Bomb attack on Atrium Plaza Senen shopping center in Central Jakarta.[3]
  • 19 April 1999: Bomb attack on Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta. Eddy Ranto (alias Umar) was accused in addition to previously committed crimes: the robbery of Bank BCA Taman Sari in Jakarta and a bombing in Hayam Wuruk, Jakarta.[3]

2000s

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2010s

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  • 15 March 2011: A package of explosive devices hidden in a book was delivered to Ulil Abhsar Abdalla, an activist of Jaringan Islam Liberal (Islamic Liberal Network) in the Komunitas Utan Kayu complex near the 68h Radio station in Utan Kayu, East Jakarta. The note enclosed within the book requested Abdalla to write a foreword for the upcoming book to be published. The Institut Studi Arus Informasi (ISAI) receptionist found the package suspicious and called for help from the Gegana (anti-bomb squad). There were no casualties. However, before the Gegana squad arrived, the bomb exploded and severed the arm of a police officer trying to defuse the device.[21]
  • 15 April 2011: 2011 Cirebon bombing – A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in a mosque during Friday prayer in a police compound in Cirebon, West Java. The bomber was killed and at least 28 people were injured.[22][23]
  • 25 September 2011: A suicide bomber exploded in Full Gospel Bethel Church in Kepunton, Solo, Central Java. The blast killed the bomber and injured 14 people.[24]
  • 8 April 2012: A Trigana Air PK-YRF airplane was shot by unidentified gunmen during its landing approach to Mulia airstrip in Puncak Jaya, Papua at 8:21 a.m. A 35-year-old Papua Post journalist, Kogoya, was killed in the shooting.[25]
  • 17 August 2012: Two policemen guarding a Lebaran (Eid al-Fitr) traffic post in Solo, Central Java, were shot by gunmen on motorcycles at 1:10 a.m. The two policemen were injured.[26]
  • 16 October 2012: Police discovered the corpses of two murdered policemen who had gone missing three days earlier in Tamanjeka village, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi. The victims were the heads of the Police Unit Intelligence of the Poso Pesisir sector, Brigadir Sudirman, and of the Poso Police Resort Assault Unit, Brigadir Satu Andi Sapa. They had gone missing while investigating suspected terrorist training grounds in a forest in Poso Regency.[27]
  • 27 November 2012: Three policemen stationed in remote Pirime police post in Jayawijaya, Papua, were killed in an attack by a group of unidentified men. Police suspected the Papua separatist movement was behind the attack.[28]
  • 13 October 2015: Members of the Aceh Singkil Islamic Care Youth Students Association (PPI), arrived in Suka Makmue, Dangguran district and Aceh Singkil Regency in several trucks. The attackers set fire in three churches and the most serious incident occurred Dangguran where an assailant was killed and four others (a police officer and three assailants), were wounded in the ensuing clash trying to protect a church that guarded worshippers.[29][30]
  • 14 January 2016: 2016 Jakarta attacks – Four civilians were killed when militants detonated explosives in or near a Burger King restaurant in Central Jakarta. The attackers then destroyed a nearby police post with grenades. Gunfire ensued when police arrived shortly afterwards.[citation needed]
  • 13 November 2016: 2016 Samarinda church bombing – A terrorist detonated a Molotov bomb in front of Oikumene Church in Samarinda Seberang, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, where children were playing. At least one toddler was killed in the incident and three other toddlers were injured.[31]
  • 24 May 2017: 2017 Jakarta bombings – Two suicide bombings near the Kampung Melayu bus terminal in East Jakarta. At least five were killed, including three policemen and two militants. Ten people were injured, some seriously.
  • 25 June 2017: Two perpetrators stabbed a police officer to death at his post in Medan, North Sumatra.[32] Other officers soon responded and killed one assailant while arresting another.[33]
  • 30 June 2017: An assailant reportedly attacked two police officers at a mosque near the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta.[34]
  • 9 May 2018: 2018 Mako Brimob standoff – Terrorism inmates in a detention center staged a riot, resulting in the death of five police officers and one inmate. The detention center was heavily guarded by elite counter-terrorism officers and served as the local headquarters of the Mobile Brigade Corps, a paramilitary unit of the National Police.[35]
  • 13 May 2018: Surabaya bombings – Suicide bombers, including a mother and her two children, bombed three churches in Surabaya, killing 15 civilians and injuring 57 others.[36] The same night, a bomb shook an apartment complex in Sidoarjo, killing at least three of the same family.[37]
  • 14 May 2018: Suicide bomb in the police gate of Surabaya. Four policemen and six civilians were wounded in the attack. Four suicide bombers were also killed.[38]
  • 16 May 2018: A police station in Pekanbaru, Riau was attacked by five individuals armed with swords. One attacker drove off after hitting and killing a police officer with the car. Four others attacked using swords and injured two police officers. Four of the attackers were later killed when the driver was captured by police.[39][40]
  • 10 October 2019: Chief security minister Wiranto was stabbed by an assailant using a sharp weapon during a working visit to Menes, Pandeglang, Banten Province. A local police chief was also stabbed in the back. Following the incident, the Banten Police had arrested the perpetrators; one man and one woman. The perpetrators had allegedly been exposed to radical teachings and also an alleged Islamic State member that led them to perform the attack.[41]
  • 13 November 2019: 2019 Medan suicide bombing – A suicide bombing at Medan Police HQ wounded four police officers, a part-time worker and a civilian. The bomber, a man in his 20s, died in the explosion.[42][43]

2020s

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Incidents outside Indonesia

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  • 21 March 2012: A bomb exploded outside the Indonesian Embassy in Paris, France. The explosion broke windows but caused no casualties.[51]

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