By Authorities confirmed a suspected Islamist terrorist, enraged by Indonesia’s new criminal code, killed one other person and injured at least ten others in a suicide bomb attack on a police station in the city of Bandung on Wednesday.
According to Indonesian police head Listyo Sigit Prabowo, the suicide bomber was associated with the Islamic State-inspired group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) and had previously been imprisoned on terrorist charges.
The attacker, known as Agus Sujatno, was released in late 2021, according to the police chief, and detectives discovered dozens of documents opposing the country’s contentious new criminal code at the crime scene.
“We found dozens of papers protesting the newly ratified criminal code,” he said.
The attack happened around 8:20 a.m. local time (01:20 GMT) during a roll call at the Astana Anyar police station in Bandung, the regional capital.
Suntana, the West Java police commander, previously told Metro TV that officers had discovered a blue motorcycle at the scene, which they suspected was used by the attacker.
Suntana claimed a statement attached to the bike denounced the new criminal code as “an infidel product.”
Todd Elliott, a senior security expert with Concord Consulting in Jakarta, believes the incident was pre-planned and was motivated by ideological opposition to the country’s new laws.
