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Indonesia’s recurring nightmare – freed terrorists who return to path of violence
Many recidivists were among those arrested for attempting to disrupt the 2024 elections.
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Armed police on the street in Bandung, Indonesia, after a man, who was jailed previously on terrorism charges, blew himself up outside a police station in December 2022.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Noor Huda Ismail
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The recent arrests of dozens of people suspected of plotting to disrupt 2024’s Indonesian elections
Behind the headline numbers lurk the problem of recidivism. The return of freed terrorists to their old networks is bound up with the tenacity of these groups and the danger they pose to Indonesia’s security and democratic processes. The inability to break the cycle of violence merits closer attention in view of the latest round-up of terror suspects.
