Jemaah Islamiyah

Indonesian police kill suspected militant resisting arrest

March 11, 2022 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Members of Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism police squad shot and killed a doctor resisting arrest who was allegedly connected to the banned Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, which has been blamed for a string of past bombings, police said Friday.

Indonesian prosecutors seek life for Bali bombing suspect

By NINIEK KARMINIJanuary 5, 2022 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian prosecutors on Wednesday demanded a life sentence for a top terror suspect who eluded capture for 18 years and accused him of masterminding a series of deadly attacks in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.

Indonesian prosecutors delay sentence for top terror suspect

By NINIEK KARMINIDecember 29, 2021 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian prosecutors postponed their sentencing demand Wednesday for a top terror suspect who eluded capture for 18 years and is accused of masterminding deadly attacks and sectarian conflict in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.

Indonesian militant given life sentence in 2005 attack

By NINIEK KARMINIDecember 8, 2021 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court sentenced an Islamic militant who eluded capture for 16 years to life in prison on Wednesday after finding him guilty of making bombs used in a 2005 market attack that killed 22 people.

Indonesia arrests key leader in al-Qaida linked group

By NINIEK KARMINISeptember 13, 2021 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism squad has arrested a convicted militant and suspected leader of an al-Qaida-linked group that has been blamed for a string of past bombings in the country, Indonesia police said Monday.

Indonesian police arrest 53 linked to new militant cell

By NINIEK KARMINIAugust 19, 2021 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police said Thursday they have arrested at least 53 suspected militants in recent weeks believed to have links to banned extremist groups, in a nationwide crackdown on a new cell of Jemaah Islamiyah, blamed for a string of past bombings.