Bali bombings: mistakes the Bali terrorists made that helped save hundreds of people

As a country boy who played with fireworks growing up, Shane Hamming would become the key Australian explosives expert deployed to ground zero following the Bali bombings. Hamming spent the bulk of his 26-year police service at the Australian Bomb Read More …

Łukasiewicz – PIAP Delivers Robots to Indonesia

Łukasiewicz Research Network – Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP has delivered another batch of EOD robots for the Indonesian military. Notably, Łukasiewicz-PIAP products have been present there since 2014. The contractual work completed this time referred to Read More …

Indonesia church suicide bombers were newlyweds who learnt bomb making online

The two suspected suicide bombers who attacked a Catholic church in Makassar, Indonesia were husband and wife who received online training on bomb making, authorities said on Monday (Mar 29). Speaking at the scene of the attack, the head of Read More …

Indonesia bombing: Worshippers wounded in Makassar church attack

A suspected suicide bomb attack outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar has left at least 14 people wounded, police say. Police said an explosion erupted as two attackers tried to enter the church on Palm Sunday, Read More …

Indonesia arrests suspected Jemaah Islamiyah leader on the run since Bali bombings

Indonesian police have arrested a man believed to be the military leader of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network who has eluded capture since 2003, and is suspected of being involved in the 2002 Bali bombings, authorities said Saturday. Aris Sumarsono, Read More …

Southeast Asia’s Overlooked Foreign Fighter Problem

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continues to confront a dilemma: what to do with the fighters accused of fleeing to Syria to join the Islamic State. To the extent that this issue gets any airtime in English-language press, the focus tends to Read More …

Indonesia: IS Sympathizer in Bomb Plot Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

An Indonesian court sentenced an Islamic State group sympathizer to life imprisonment on Wednesday after finding him guilty of plotting bomb attacks against police and Christians. Asmar Husin, who also uses the name Abu Hamzah, was arrested last March in Read More …