Upcoming national events in Indonesia raise attack risk level, with terror threat ever-present: Analysts

JAKARTA – Indonesia will celebrate its independence day in August, install a new president in October and hold regional elections in November – three major national events that offer opportunities for latent terrorists to strike and inflict maximum damage on South-east Asia’s largest nation, security analysts say.

While Indonesia did not suffer from any terror attacks in 2023 and has not so far in 2024, and the senior leadership of terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) announced its dissolution in June,

the threat of terrorism is ever-present,

and the danger of such incidents remains large in the archipelago.