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Religion does not teach terrorism: vice president

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin underscored that no single religion in Indonesia teaches its adherents to take extreme ...

Papua governor lauds arrest of 11 terror suspects in Merauke

Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has praised the National Police’s counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, for arresting 11 ...

Merauke terrorist group made loyalty oath to ISIS: Police spokesman

The 10 terror suspects arrested in Merauke, Papua, last week, had made a loyalty oath to ISIS, a police spokesman ...

Densus arrests another terror suspect in Papua's Merauke

The National Police’s counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, has arrested one more terror suspect with links to the ...

Papua police awaits Densus 88's church attack plot probe results

The Papua police still awaits the final outcomes of a probe into nine men and a woman recently apprehended for ...

10 suspected of planning suicide bombings in Papua's Merauke, held

The National Police's counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, has arrested 10 persons suspected of planning suicide ...

Terror sanctions in Papua not just limited to individuals: BNPT

The government’s decision to declare armed Papuan groups, or “KKB”, as "terrorists" entails ...

Five Papuan separatist leaders put on BNPT most-wanted list

The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) has put five leaders heading separatist terrorist groups operating in Papua ...

Police need time to crush Papuan separatists: senior official

Indonesian police will need time to hunt down Papuan separatist terrorists owing to their knowledge of the terrains ...

Police still probe Munarman's alleged involvement in terrorism

National Police's Anti-Terror Special Detachment 88 (Densus 88) investigators are still probing the involvement of ...

Densus 88 arrests former secretary general of FPI

Former secretary general of the now-defunct Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Munarman, was arrested by the Indonesian ...

Gojek nixes 'manels', to invite women speakers for forums

Gojek has decided to involve women speakers at events in order to promote gender parity and in response to a call by ...

Communities should not panic following church suicide bombing: Police

Indonesian Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo has called on communities to not panic in response to the suicide ...

18 suspected terrorists held in N Sumatra

The National Police's Counterterrorism Squad Densus 88 has arrested 18 suspected terrorists from several places in ...

Densus 88 apprehends eight terror suspects in North Sumatra

The National Police's counterterrorism squad Densus 88 apprehended eight terror suspects in the cities of Tanjung ...