{"id":175,"date":"2016-10-25T12:48:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T12:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=175"},"modified":"2016-10-25T12:48:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T12:48:40","slug":"suspected-islamic-state-sympathiser-attacks-indonesian-police-officers-with-machete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2016\/10\/25\/suspected-islamic-state-sympathiser-attacks-indonesian-police-officers-with-machete\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Islamic State &#8216;sympathiser&#8217; attacks Indonesian police officers with machete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"first\">An Indonesian man who attacked police with a machete on the outskirts of Jakarta this morning has died from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-content wysiwyg right\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h2>Key points:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An unexploded pipe bomb was also found near the scene<\/li>\n<li>Indonesia believes IS has more than 1,200 followers in the country<\/li>\n<li>Police are on alert for IS-linked Indonesians returning from Mosul<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jakarta police spokesman Awi Setiyono said three officers including a local police chief were injured and the attacker, who was shot several times, died on the way to hospital due to blood loss from wounds to his legs and stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Footage broadcast on local media showed the man limping around a busy city road carrying weapons including what appeared to be a pipe bomb.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, the footage showed him running toward an officer.<\/p>\n<p>An unexploded pipe bomb was also found near the scene, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the 21-year-old placed an Islamic State sticker on a local traffic police post before attacking officers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of a sudden a man brutally attacked our officers with a sharp weapon. The perpetrator was shot in the thigh and leg,&#8221; police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--pullquote\"><p>&#8220;We suspect the perpetrator is an [IS] sympathiser,&#8221; he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The wounded police officers are being treated in hospital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-content photo right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-10-20\/an-islamic-state-sticker-indonesia\/7951928\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"An Islamic State sticker posted on a local traffic police post outside Jakarta ahead of a police stabbing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/image\/7951538-1x1-340x340.jpg\" alt=\"An Islamic State sticker posted on a local traffic police post outside Jakarta ahead of a police stabbing, 20\/10\/2016.\" width=\"340\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><a class=\"inline-caption\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-10-20\/an-islamic-state-sticker-indonesia\/7951928\"><strong>PHOTO:<\/strong> A police officer standing beside the IS sticker.<span class=\"source\">(ABC News: Samantha Hawley)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The attacker, Sultan Azianzah, 21, was unemployed and a member of Daulah Islam, a hardline group in Ciamis in West Java province, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian authorities are increasingly worried about a resurgence in radicalism in South East Asia&#8217;s largest economy, driven in part by a new generation of militants inspired by IS.<\/p>\n<p>They believe IS has more than 1,200 followers in Indonesia, and nearly 400 Indonesians have left to join the group in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Police are on alert in case more Indonesians return home after Iraqi forces this week launched an offensive to take back the IS stronghold of Mosul.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--pullquote\"><p>&#8220;The war there is affecting our youth here,&#8221; Mr Amar said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We have to be vigilant about parties that are changing the mindset of our youth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are monitoring about 40 returnees, concerned they could be linking up with existing networks, police chief Tito Karnavian told Reuters.<\/p>\n<h2>Man jailed for 10 years over role in January attack<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, an Indonesian court has sentenced Dodi Suridi, 23, to 10 years prison for his role in a gun and bomb attack in Jakarta in January.<\/p>\n<p>Eight people were killed in the incident, including the militants.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Achmad Fauzi, who presided over the trial at the West Jakarta District Court, said Suridi was guilty of violating Indonesia&#8217;s anti-terror law by preparing bombs used in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>About 40 militants have been arrested in connection with the attack that began with a suicide bombing inside a Starbucks cafe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-content photo full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-10-20\/islamic-militant-dodi%C2%A0suridi%C2%A0gestures\/7952032\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Islamic militant Dodi\u00a0Suridi\u00a0gestures as he enters the court room, Jakarta, October 20 2016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/image\/7952014-3x2-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Islamic militant Dodi\u00a0Suridi\u00a0gestures as he enters the court room prior to his sentencing, October 20 2016.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><a class=\"inline-caption\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-10-20\/islamic-militant-dodi%C2%A0suridi%C2%A0gestures\/7952032\"><strong>PHOTO:<\/strong> Suridi gestures as he enters the court prior to the start of his sentencing. <span class=\"source\">(AP: Tatan Syuflana)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Suridi said he accepted his punishment, calling it the &#8220;consequence of being a terrorist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors had demanded a 10-year sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of Indonesia&#8217;s 250 million people practise a moderate form of Islam, and small militant groups that have periodically mounted attacks against the state and foreigners have been largely disbanded or driven underground.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2016-10-20\/suspected-is-inspired-sympathiser-stabs-indonesian-policemen\/7951286<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indonesian man who attacked police with a machete on the outskirts of Jakarta this morning has died from gunshot wounds. Key points: An unexploded pipe bomb was also found near the scene Indonesia believes IS has more than 1,200 followers in the country Police are on alert for IS-linked Indonesians returning from Mosul Jakarta police spokesman Awi Setiyono said&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2016\/10\/25\/suspected-islamic-state-sympathiser-attacks-indonesian-police-officers-with-machete\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}