Heru Andriyanto – Prosecutors on Monday told a Jakarta courtroom of how firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir envisioned the establishment of an Islamic state by all means necessary, includ

Heru Andriyanto – The South Jakarta District Court was packed with supporters of Abu Bakar Bashir on Wednesday morning ahead of the controversial cleric's terrorism trial, which is bein

Olivia Rondonuwu – The trial of a firebrand Indonesian Islamic cleric on terror charges opened on Thursday and was swiftly adjourned on a technicality.

Heru Andriyanto & NYT – The National Police have named him as the figurehead of an Al Qaeda-style terrorist network in Aceh and prosecutors accused him of mobilizing people to condu

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police's elite antiterrorism unit on Tuesday arrested eight suspects wanted in connection with a recent series of bombings in Central Java.

Ronna Nirmala, Indonesia – Like father, like son could not be more appropriate to describe how children of some convicted terrorists dream to follow in their footsteps and one day becom

Mohd Adhe Bhakti – A suspected militant on trial for taking part in a paramilitary training camp in Aceh told the court on Thursday that firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir donated $25,00

Dewi Kurniawati – If terrorists had gotten their way, it seems 2010 would have been marked by a major attack targeted at no less than President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono himself during I

Mohd Adhe Bhakti – Seven men found guilty of involvement with an outlawed armed terror group were sentenced to between five and eight years in jail by the West Jakarta District Court on

Adhe Bakti, Jakarta – A district court on Monday handed out sentences of between seven and nine years in prison for six men involved in an outlawed armed group that conducted military t

Solo, Indonesia – Indonesian authorities have arrested four Islamist militants suspected of having links to a top terrorist suspect captured last week, a police spokesman said Tuesday.

Heru Andriyanto & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The case of firebrand Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, charged with multiple counts of terrorism punishable by death, was on Monday handed

Farouk Arnaz & Candra Malik, Indonesia – Police on Friday said firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was a step closer to facing trial with prosecutors now ready to prepare the indictme

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian police arrested one of the country's most-wanted Muslim militants Friday, accusing him of plotting high-profile assassinations and bloody

The Australian Greens have criticised the Government for failing to take action in response to allegations an Indonesian unit supported by Australian authorities has used torture agains

Candra Malik & Farouk Arnazp, Solo – Police in Central Java are investigating a worrying surge in attacks or attempted attacks on churches and police stations there over the past we

Farouk Arnaz, Adi Mulya & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Terrorists planned to attack executives of an international oil company in Riau province as well as tourists visiting Anak Kraka

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been detained for four months, but his trial on charges of funding a terrorist training camp in Aceh seems to be

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's antiterror police detachment is coordinating with its Malaysian counterparts on the recent capture in Johor of an Indonesian militant suspected of pl

Mohammad Adhe Bhakti, Jakarta – Firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was definitely involved in the operation of the now outlawed militant group training in Aceh, a witness said at

Farouk Arnaz, Semarang – The National Police's anti-terrorism school will open its doors next year to soldiers in line with a new grand strategy to deal with extremists.

Central Java – Head of Central Java Police's special counterterrorism detachment 88 Sr. Comr.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military will not play a major role in the fight against terrorism, instead serving as a backup for the National Police's Detachment 88 Anti-T

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – The wife of Tatang Mulyadi, a police officer accused of facilitating the sale of weapons to a paramilitary group in Aceh, testified on Tuesday that it was econo

Heru Andriyanto & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir apparently urged his followers earlier this year to stage a terror attack while US President Barack Obama w

Adhe Bhakti, Jakarta – The West Jakarta District Court on Thursday sentenced hard-line cleric Eko Budi Wardoyo to 10 years in prison for his involvement in gunning down a priest in 2004

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A court in Jakarta on Tuesday sentenced the father-in-law of Noordin M Top to five years in prison for harboring the slain terrorist mastermind and helping hi

Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesia on Monday called for greater vigilance and cooperation in the fight against terror, as counter-terrorism chiefs from around the world met in Bali.

Peter Alford, Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesia's military will be "activated" to support police fighting terrorism, says the chief of the government's new National Counter-Terrorism Agency.

Farouk Arnaz, Anita Rachman & Agencies – The National Police on Sunday played down the level of military involvement in the fight against terrorism following the recent use of soldi

Binsar Bakkara, Hamparan Perak – Muslim militants wearing black masks stormed the tiny police precinct in western Indonesia and unloaded their assault rifles – riddling officers' bodies

Dicky Christanto and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/medan – Police said Thursday they had evidence suggesting firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir may have masterminded a recent deadly

Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta/Makassar – The Indonesian Military (TNI) should work better with the National Police to fight terrorism, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Tuesday at an e

Dicky Christanto and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government should devise clear regulations to govern the military's role in the fight against terrorism, analysts say, citing concer

Dolok Sagala, Indonesia – Indonesian police shot dead six suspected Islamist militants and arrested four others in a raid on their hideout on Sumatra island, police said Sunday.

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Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's military will play a greater role in combating terrorism, supporting police on major investigations and responding to attacks, the head of the country'

Jakarta, Indonesia – An Islamic militant was critically injured when a homemade bomb strapped to the back of his bicycle detonated prematurely Thursday before he reached his apparent ta

Jakarta – The National Police has appointed Sr. Comr. Mohammad Syafii as the head of Special Detachment 88 antiterror squad, replacing Brig. Gen. Tito Karnavian.

Jakarta – Newly appointed Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm. Agus Suhartono has positively welcomed a plan to join the newly established National Antiterrorism Agency (BNPT).

Aidi Yursal & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Lawmakers visiting the site of Wednesday's terrorist attack on a police post in Medan, North Sumatra, said they wanted the armed forces to be inv

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Armed men who attacked a subdistrict police station in Medan in the early hours of Wednesday, killing three officers, are linked to the gro

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The police antiterrorism squad Detachment 88 has come under fire for its methods, with critics calling the elite body arrogant and careless with regard to hu

Zaky Pawas, Medan – Ten armed gunmen stormed the Hamparan Perak Police Precinct in Medan, North Sumatra, early on Wednesday morning, killing three police officers.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Terrorism and legal analysts on Wednesday hailed the National Police's move to separate the elite counterterrorism squad Densus 88 from the detectives unit, sayi

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Six years after the Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta, the two militants on death row for the attack say they have no remorse and they are ready to die as "m

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Detachment 88 has a legitimate role in countering separatism and will remain in Papua, where a long-simmering independence campaign has been running, the unit's co

Tom Allard – Special Detachment 88, or Densus 88, is a crack counter-terrorism unit that officers dream of joining.

Stephen Coates, Jakarta – The new chief of Indonesia's antiterror agency has complained that courts were being too easy on terrorists and called for tougher laws to fight jihadist extre

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – After a decade of waiting, Indonesia finally saw on Tuesday the birth of the interdepartmental National Antiterrorism Agency (BNPT), which wields greater aut