One of the earliest major terrorist attacks in Indonesia occurred in 2002 with the Bali bombings . On January 14 , 2016 , there were seven suicide bombings and a string of gunfights in Sarinah , Jakarta , all believed to have been coordinated by the Islamic State ( ISIS ) . Seven people died in this series of attacks including a police officer , a foreign national , and five bombers . About 17 people were wounded and it took security forces three hours to end the terror that happened near the Starbucks café in Sarinah . Aman Abdurahman was convicted for this attack . The latter Surabaya Bombings were believed by some to be retaliation for this conviction . On 13-14 May , 2018 , a terrorist attack was organized by a family over two consecutive days , in the small town of Surabaya during the Surabaya Bombing . This event triggered another terrorist attempt that occurred two days later in Pekanbaru , Riau , as four men attempted to attack a police station in Sumatra . This attempt to terrorize the police station resulted in deaths and injuries of some police officers and journalists . Since these attacks happened within a week , police conducted a search for suspects using children as suicide bombers
Bali bombings
2002 Bali bombings
Organised crime in Indonesia