Indonesia needs to step up efforts to confront radicalism

By The Canberra Times
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:36pm, first published January 15 2016 - 9:11pm

The co-ordinated assault launched by five suicide bombers and gunmen in the heart of Jakarta on Thursday lasted three hours, involved lengthy exchanges of gunfire with police as well as numerous bomb blasts, and only ended after the five attackers blew themselves up. It's miraculous then the death and injury toll was so low. Of the 22 victims, just two died of their injuries, though one person remains gravely ill in hospital. By contrast, seven gunmen and suicide bombers succeeded in killing 130 people in Paris in November, and forcing the entire city into lock-down.

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