Indonesia’s changing face of terrorism

HAMPARAN PERAK, Indonesia — Muslim militants wearing black masks stormed the tiny police precinct in western Indonesia and unloaded their assault rifles – riddling officers’ bodies with bullets and shining a spotlight on the country’s changing face of terrorism. Extremists, better known for targeting Western nightclubs and hotels, are now going after Indonesia’s state. And for the first time in more than a decade, the army has waded into the fight. “It happened so fast, there was no way to react,” said Irsol, the chief detective at the precinct on Sumatra island, who narrowly escaped the midnight assault by turning off the lights and hiding in the bathroom. By the time the militants had…

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Indonesia’s changing face of terrorism

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