Jamaah Ansharut Daulah

IS Sympathiser Behind Indonesia Police HQ Attack

An armed woman shot dead at Indonesia's national police headquarters Wednesday was an Islamic State (IS) sympathiser, authorities said, citing social media posts she made shortly before the fatal gun battle.Indonesia has been on high alert in recent days after two suicide bombers - alleged members of a pro-IS extremist group - blew themselves up at a church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island, wounding about 20 people.Police outposts have been frequent targets of Indonesian extremists in

1 April 2021
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Indonesia Church Suicide Bombers Were Newlyweds

Two suicide bombers who attacked an Indonesian cathedral on Palm Sunday were newlyweds who joined a pro-Islamic State extremist group, police said Monday, as they arrested others suspected in the plot.About 20 people were wounded in the powerful explosion outside the church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island while worshippers celebrated the start of Holy Week.Both suspects were killed instantly after they rode a motorbike into the church compound and, when challenged by security, detonated a

30 March 2021
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Indonesia Church Suicide Attack: 20 Injured

One of two suicide bombers who attacked an Indonesian cathedral on Sunday belonged to a pro-Islamic State extremist group blamed for other church bombings in Indonesia and the Philippines, said Listyo Sigit Prabowo, the police chief.“The perpetrator was part of the JAD group that had carried out the bombing in Jolo, the Philippines,” said the police chief, referring to extremist network Jamaah Ansharut Daulah.The bomb used in Sunday's attack was a pressure cooker bomb, Prabowo a

29 March 2021
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Indonesia beefs-up security after IS-linked attack

Indonesian leader Joko Widodo ordered beefed-up security measures Friday after two militants from an Islamic State (IS)-linked terror group stabbed his chief security minister, with the politician in hospital recovering from emergency surgery.Police were searching for more suspects in the wake of the assassination attempt on Wiranto, a 72-year-old former army chief who goes by one name.The minister was knifed twice in the stomach as he left his vehicle in Pandeglang on Java island during an o

12 October 2019
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Indonesia minister stabbed by IS-linked pair

Two members of an Islamic State group-linked terror network stabbed Indonesia's chief security minister Wiranto on Thursday, the intelligence head said, sending the powerful politician to emergency surgery for his wounds.Television images showed security officers wrestling a man and woman to the ground in Pandeglang on Java island after the attack on Wiranto, who goes by one name, as he was exiting a vehicle.The suspects were identified as 31-year-old Syahril Alamsyah and Fitri Andriana,

11 October 2019
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