20 March 1978: Attacks in various places in
Jakarta using
molotov bombs, as well as the burning of a taxi. The suspected motive of the attacks was to disturb the General Session of the
People's Consultative Assembly.[3]
14 April 1978:
TNT attack on
Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta. The case remains unsolved.[3]
1980s
28 March 1981: Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 – a
DC-9 aircraft on a domestic flight, was
hijacked. Five
Komando Jihad extremists hijacked the DC-9 "Woyla"—en route from
Palembang,
South Sumatra to
Medan,
North Sumatra—and ordered the aircraft crew to fly to
Colombo,
Sri Lanka. Due to a lack of fuel, the aircraft refueled at
Penang,
Malaysia and at
Don Muang,
Thailand. The hijackers demanded
US$1.5 million, the release of 80 Komando Jihad members imprisoned in Indonesia, and an aircraft to transport them to an unspecified destination. The
hostage rescue operation was carried out by the
Indonesian Army's
Kopassus. Casualties included the deaths of the pilot, one Kopassus commando, and three hijackers. The two other hijackers were killed by Kopassus commandos on the plane returning to Jakarta. All hostages were released unharmed.[4]
24 December 1984: Bomb attack on the Seminari Alkitab Asia Tenggara building in Jalan Margono,
Malang,
East Java. The case remains unsolved.[3]
21 January 1985: 1985 Borobudur bombing –
BorobudurBuddhist temple in
Magelang,
Central Java was attacked with nine bombs. The attack caused no casualties, but nine
stupas on the upper rounded terraces of Arupadhatu were badly damaged. Husein Ali Al Habsyie, a blind Muslim preacher, was sentenced to
life imprisonment for masterminding the attack.[3]
16 March 1985: Bomb attack in a Pemudi Express Bus in
Banyuwangi, East Java. Abdulkadir Al Hasby was arrested. The attack was connected with the Borobudur bombing and was motivated by the
Tanjung Priok massacre. It was suggested[by whom?] that the bomb was accidentally
detonated during transport to its intended target,
Kuta Beach in
Bali.[3]
1990s
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
28 May 2000: 2000 Walisongo school massacre –
Christian militants invaded the
Muslim village of Sintuwu Lemba in
Central Sulawesi. The militants killed a reported 165 villagers for up to two days using guns and machetes. Many victims were led into the jungle before being murdered. A number of others were killed inside the village school. Terrorists
raped female victims before killing them.
14 September 2000: A
car bombexploded in the basement of the
Jakarta Stock Exchange, triggering a chain of explosions in which multiple cars caught fire. Most of those who died were drivers waiting by their employers' cars.[6][7]
12 October 2002: 2002 Bali bombings – Coordinated bomb attacks occurred on in the
tourist district of Kuta, Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism in the
history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, including 88
Australian citizens and 38
Indonesian citizens.[9] A further 240 people were injured. Various members of
Jemaah Islamiyah, a violent
Islamist group, were convicted in relation to the bombings, including three individuals who were
sentenced to death.
9 September 2004: Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta – A one-tonne car bomb, packed into a small delivery van, exploded outside the Australian
embassy in Kuningan District,
South Jakarta, at about 10:30 a.m. local time (03:30
UTC), killing nine people (including the suicide bomber) and wounding over 150 others.[14]Jemaah Islamiyah claimed responsibility for the attack.[15]
28 May 2005: 2005 Tentena market bombings – Two IEDs, set to explode 15 minutes apart, detonated during the morning at a market in the center of Tentena,
Central Sulawesi, killing 22 people and wounding at least 40 others.[17]
1 October 2005: 2005 Bali bombings – A series of suicide bombs and car bombs exploded at two sites at Jimbaran Beach Resort, Bali and in Kuta, Bali. The attack killed 20 and injured over 100 others. The three bombers also died in the attacks.[18]
31 December 2005: 2005 Palu market bombing – An IED detonated in a butcher's market in
Palu, Central Sulawesi, killing eight and wounding 53.[19]
17 July 2009: 2009 Jakarta bombings – The
JW Marriott and
Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta were hit by separate suicide bombings five minutes apart. Of the seven victims killed, three were Australian citizens, two were
Dutch citizens, one was a New Zealand citizen, and one was an Indonesian citizen. More than 50 people were injured in the blasts.[20]
2010s
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]
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
28 November 2020: A terrorist attack by Islamists against Christians in
Sulawesi resulted in 4 people killed, two of whom beheaded and two of burned.[44]
31 March 2021: Indonesian National Police headquarters shooting – A woman opened fire against the National Police headquarters, before being shot dead by responding officers. No other casualties were reported.
25 October 2022: Istana Negara attempted shooting – A female assailant trespassed the Istana Negara security layer and attempted to shoot the President and/or Presidential Guard using an
FN Five-seven. President of Indonesia
Joko Widodo was not in the Istana Negara at the time of attack as he was visiting East Kalimantan and Nusantara. The assailant was apprehended immediately by the Presidential Guard (
Paspampres) and
Indonesian National Police on the scene and is currently detained at Metro Jaya Region Police HQ.
20 March 1978: Attacks in various places in
Jakarta using
molotov bombs, as well as the burning of a taxi. The suspected motive of the attacks was to disturb the General Session of the
People's Consultative Assembly.[3]
14 April 1978:
TNT attack on
Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta. The case remains unsolved.[3]
1980s
28 March 1981: Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 – a
DC-9 aircraft on a domestic flight, was
hijacked. Five
Komando Jihad extremists hijacked the DC-9 "Woyla"—en route from
Palembang,
South Sumatra to
Medan,
North Sumatra—and ordered the aircraft crew to fly to
Colombo,
Sri Lanka. Due to a lack of fuel, the aircraft refueled at
Penang,
Malaysia and at
Don Muang,
Thailand. The hijackers demanded
US$1.5 million, the release of 80 Komando Jihad members imprisoned in Indonesia, and an aircraft to transport them to an unspecified destination. The
hostage rescue operation was carried out by the
Indonesian Army's
Kopassus. Casualties included the deaths of the pilot, one Kopassus commando, and three hijackers. The two other hijackers were killed by Kopassus commandos on the plane returning to Jakarta. All hostages were released unharmed.[4]
24 December 1984: Bomb attack on the Seminari Alkitab Asia Tenggara building in Jalan Margono,
Malang,
East Java. The case remains unsolved.[3]
21 January 1985: 1985 Borobudur bombing –
BorobudurBuddhist temple in
Magelang,
Central Java was attacked with nine bombs. The attack caused no casualties, but nine
stupas on the upper rounded terraces of Arupadhatu were badly damaged. Husein Ali Al Habsyie, a blind Muslim preacher, was sentenced to
life imprisonment for masterminding the attack.[3]
16 March 1985: Bomb attack in a Pemudi Express Bus in
Banyuwangi, East Java. Abdulkadir Al Hasby was arrested. The attack was connected with the Borobudur bombing and was motivated by the
Tanjung Priok massacre. It was suggested[by whom?] that the bomb was accidentally
detonated during transport to its intended target,
Kuta Beach in
Bali.[3]
1990s
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
28 May 2000: 2000 Walisongo school massacre –
Christian militants invaded the
Muslim village of Sintuwu Lemba in
Central Sulawesi. The militants killed a reported 165 villagers for up to two days using guns and machetes. Many victims were led into the jungle before being murdered. A number of others were killed inside the village school. Terrorists
raped female victims before killing them.
14 September 2000: A
car bombexploded in the basement of the
Jakarta Stock Exchange, triggering a chain of explosions in which multiple cars caught fire. Most of those who died were drivers waiting by their employers' cars.[6][7]
12 October 2002: 2002 Bali bombings – Coordinated bomb attacks occurred on in the
tourist district of Kuta, Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism in the
history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, including 88
Australian citizens and 38
Indonesian citizens.[9] A further 240 people were injured. Various members of
Jemaah Islamiyah, a violent
Islamist group, were convicted in relation to the bombings, including three individuals who were
sentenced to death.
9 September 2004: Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta – A one-tonne car bomb, packed into a small delivery van, exploded outside the Australian
embassy in Kuningan District,
South Jakarta, at about 10:30 a.m. local time (03:30
UTC), killing nine people (including the suicide bomber) and wounding over 150 others.[14]Jemaah Islamiyah claimed responsibility for the attack.[15]
28 May 2005: 2005 Tentena market bombings – Two IEDs, set to explode 15 minutes apart, detonated during the morning at a market in the center of Tentena,
Central Sulawesi, killing 22 people and wounding at least 40 others.[17]
1 October 2005: 2005 Bali bombings – A series of suicide bombs and car bombs exploded at two sites at Jimbaran Beach Resort, Bali and in Kuta, Bali. The attack killed 20 and injured over 100 others. The three bombers also died in the attacks.[18]
31 December 2005: 2005 Palu market bombing – An IED detonated in a butcher's market in
Palu, Central Sulawesi, killing eight and wounding 53.[19]
17 July 2009: 2009 Jakarta bombings – The
JW Marriott and
Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta were hit by separate suicide bombings five minutes apart. Of the seven victims killed, three were Australian citizens, two were
Dutch citizens, one was a New Zealand citizen, and one was an Indonesian citizen. More than 50 people were injured in the blasts.[20]
2010s
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]
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
28 November 2020: A terrorist attack by Islamists against Christians in
Sulawesi resulted in 4 people killed, two of whom beheaded and two of burned.[44]
31 March 2021: Indonesian National Police headquarters shooting – A woman opened fire against the National Police headquarters, before being shot dead by responding officers. No other casualties were reported.
25 October 2022: Istana Negara attempted shooting – A female assailant trespassed the Istana Negara security layer and attempted to shoot the President and/or Presidential Guard using an
FN Five-seven. President of Indonesia
Joko Widodo was not in the Istana Negara at the time of attack as he was visiting East Kalimantan and Nusantara. The assailant was apprehended immediately by the Presidential Guard (
Paspampres) and
Indonesian National Police on the scene and is currently detained at Metro Jaya Region Police HQ.