List of terrorist incidents in Indonesia

This is a List of terrorist incidents in Indonesia:

1960s

• 14 May 1962 — assassination attempt on President Sukarno, a bomb attack in Perguruan Cikini, Central Jakarta.

1970s

• 11 November 1976 — bomb attack in Nurul Iman mosque, Padang. The suspect was Timzar Zubil the leader of Komando Jihad according to government. However Timzar remains missing.
• 20 March 1978 — A group of men launched attacks on several places in Jakarta using molotov bombs, and burning a taxi. The attack was suspected to disturb the MPR General Session.
• 14 April 1978 — TNT attack in Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, Jakarta. The case remains unsolved.

1980s

• 28 March 1981 — Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 a DC-9 aircraft on a domestic flight was hijacked. The hijackers, a group called Commando Jihad, hijacked the DC-9 "Woyla", en route from Palembang to Medan, and ordered the crew to fly the aircraft to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Since the aircraft did not have enough fuel, it refueled in Penang, Malaysia and then at Don Muang, Thailand. The hijackers demanded the release of Commando Jihad members imprisoned in Indonesia, and US $1.5 million, as well as an aircraft to take those prisoners to an unspecified destination. One of the Kopassus commandos was shot, probably by his comrades, as was the pilot, also probably by Kopassus commandos. The rest of the hostages were released unharmed. Two of the hijackers surrendered, but they were killed by the Kopassus commandos on the plane taking them back to Jakarta.
• 4 October 1984 — bomb attack in Bank Central Asia, Jalan Pecenongan, West Jakarta. The suspect was Muhammad Jayadi, member of Gerakan Pemuda Ka'bah (youth organization wing of Partai Persatuan Pembangunan) motivated as the retaliaton on Tanjung Priok Massacre in 1984. Jayadi was sentenced 15 years in prison.
• 24 December 1984 — bomb attack on Seminari Alkitab Asia Tenggara (SAAT) building, Jalan Margono, Malang, East Java. The case remain unsolved.
• 21 January 1985 — bomb attack on Borobudur Buddhist temple, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. There were no casualties in this attack, however nine stupas on upper rounded terraces of Arupadhatu were badly damaged by nine bombs. Husein Ali Al Habsyie, a blind Muslim preacher, was sentenced to life imprisonment for masterminding the temple attack.
• 16 March 1985 — TNT PE 808/Dahana type exploded in Pemudi Ekspress Bus in Banyuwangi, East Java. Abdulkadir Al Hasby was arrested for this attack, connected with Borobudur bombing and also motivated as the retaliation on Tanjung Priok massacre. It was suggested that the TNT was accidentally exploded on transportation to its intended target, Kuta beach in Bali.

1990s

• 13 September 1997 — a bomb exploded in Mranggen, Demak, Central Java. The bomb attack was planned by three pro-independence East Timorese youth, but exploded accidentally. Xanana Gusmao claim responsibility for the attack but the suspects escaped.
• 18 January 1998 — a bomb accidentally exploded in Tanah Tinggi flat, Central Jakarta. Agus Priyono the member of Solidaritas Mahasiswa Indonesia untuk Demokrasi (SMID) -one of Partai Rakyat Demokrat organization-, was jailed for seven months for failing to report to authority about the knowledge of the planned attack.
• 11 December 1998 — a bomb exploded in Atrium Plaza Senen shopping center, Central Jakarta.
• 19 April 1999 — a bomb exploded in Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta. Eddy Ranto alias Umar was accused as the suspect along with robbery in Bank BCA Taman Sari, Jakarta and a bombing in Hayam Wuruk, Jakarta, weeks earlier.

2000s

• 1 August 2000 — A bomb detonated outside the official residence of the Philippines Ambassador to Indonesia, Leonides Caday, in Menteng, Jakarta. The bomb killing two and injuring 21 others.
• 14 September 2000 — A car bomb exploded in the basement of the Jakarta Stock Exchange, triggering a chain of explosions in which a number of cars caught fire. Most of the dead were drivers waiting by their employer's cars.
• 24 December 2000 — on Christmas Eve 2000, a series of explosions took place in Indonesia, which were part of a high-scale terrorist attack by Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah. The attack involved a series of coordinated bombings of churches in Jakarta, Pekanbaru, Medan, Bandung, Batam Island, Mojokerto, Mataram, and Sukabumi which killed 18 people and injured many others.
• 12 October 2002 — The coordinated bomb attacks occurred on in the tourist district of Kuta, Bali. The attack was claimed as the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia according to the current police general, killing 202 people, (including 88 Australians, and 38 Indonesian citizens). 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.
• 5 August 2003 — A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel, killing twelve people and injuring 150. The hotel located on Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, Indonesia. All those killed were Indonesian with the exception of one Dutch businessman, one Danish, and two Chinese tourists.
• 31 December 2003 — The bombing occurred during a concert at a night market in Peureulak, Aceh, killed at least 10 people, including three children, and wounded 45 others. The Indonesian military blamed Free Aceh Movement (GAM) for the attack.
• 9 September 2004 — A one-tonne car bomb which was packed into a small delivery van, exploded outside the Australian embassy at Kuningan District, South Jakarta, at about 10:30 local time (03:30 UTC), killing 9 people including the suicide bomber, and wounding over 150 others. Jemaah Islamiyah claimed responsibility for the attack.
• 13 November 2004 — Six people were killed and three injured when an improvised explosive device planted in a bus exploded in Poso, Central Sulawesi.
• 28 May 2005 — Two improvised explosive devices, set to explode 15 minutes apart, detonated during the morning at a market in the center of Tentena, Central Sulawesi, killing 22 and wounding at least 40 more.
• 1 October 2005 — Series of suicide bomb and a series of car bombs exploded at two sites in Jimbaran Beach Resort and in Kuta, Bali. The terrorist attack claimed the lives of 20 people and injured more than 100 others. The three bombers also died in the attacks.
• 31 December 2005 — An improvised explosive device detonated within a butcher's market in Palu, Central Sulawesi, killing eight people and wounding a further 53.
• 17 July 2009 — The JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels in Jakarta, were hit by separate suicide bombings five minutes apart. Three of the seven victims who were killed were Australians, two from the Netherlands, and one each from New Zealand and Indonesia. More than 50 people were injured in the blasts.

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 Komunitas Utan Kayu complex near 68h Radio station, Utan Kayu, East Jakarta. The note enclosed with the book requested Abdalla to write a foreword for the upcoming book to be published. The Institut Studi Arus Informasi (ISAI) receptionist suspected the package and call for Gegana (anti-bomb squad) help. There was no casualties in this attack, however before the Gegana squad arrived, the bomb exploded severing one of the police's arm trying to defuse the device.

• 15 April 2011 — a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in a mosque in a police compound in the city of Cirebon, in West Java, during Friday prayer. The bomber was killed and at least 28 people were injured.

• 25 September 2011 — a suicide bomb exploded in Full Gospel Bethel Church in Kepunton, Solo, Central Java. The blast killed the bomber and injured 14 people.

• 8 April 2012 — A Trigana Air PK-YRF airplane was shot by unidentified gunmen during landing approach on Mulia airstrip, Puncak Jaya, Papua at 8:21 AM. A Papua Pos journalist, Kogoya, 35, was killed in this shooting.

• 17 August 2012 — two policemen guarding a Lebaran (Eid ul Fitr) traffic post in Solo, Central Java, were shot by gunmen on motorcycles. The shooting happened at 1:10 AM Friday, 17 August 2012, and the two policemen were injured.

• 16 October 2012 — Police discovered the corpses of two murdered policemen that had gone missing three days earlier in Tamanjeka village, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi. The victims were the head of Police Unit Intelligence of Poso Pesisir sector, Brigadir Sudirman, and Poso Police Resort Assault Unit, Brigadir Satu Andi Sapa. They went missing while investigating suspected terrorist training grounds in a forest at Poso Regency.

• 27 November 2012 — Three policemen stationed in remote Pirime police post, Jayawijaya, Papua, were killed in an attack by a group of unidentified men. Police suspected the Papua separatist movement were behind the attack.

• 14 January 2016 — At least four militants reportedly detonated explosives in or near a Starbucks cafe in central Jakarta. Militants destroyed a nearby police post with grenades, killing at least 3 men. Gunfire ensued when police arrived shortly afterwards.

Incidents outside Indonesia

• 21 March 2014 — A bomb exploded outside the Indonesian embassy in Paris, breaking windows but causing no casualties.