A total of 136 police officers were attacked by terrorists between 2010 and May this year, compared with just 20 between 2000 and 2009, new government data shows.
The figures follow a rise in violent jihad, with the latest incidents, including an attack on the East Java's Surabaya police headquarters on May 14 that severely injured at least two officers. The attackers were a family of five and included its youngest member - an eight-year-old girl who survived the blast, which flung her vertically.
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