JAKARTA Memories of today, nine years ago, January 14, 2016, a series of bomb explosions occurred in the Jalan MH Thamrin area, Central Jakarta. The incident was known as the Sarinah Bomb. The bomb terror shocked the whole of Indonesia.
Previously, the first explosion occurred at Starbucks coffee outlet in Cakrawala Building. The second explosion occurred at a police post in front of the Sarinah Building. Terror did not stop. Terrorist groups also appeared. The shootout with the police was inevitable.
Terror acts often bother the whole country. No one does not condemn terror events. Whatever the reason. Moreover, if you fall victim to death. This condition occurred in acts of terror in the Jalan MH Thamrin area on January 14, 2016.
The first act of terror emerged when one of the terrorists known as Ahmad Muhazan carried out a suicide bombing at Starbucks outlet, Cakrawala Building. The incident injured several coffee outlet visitors.
It was not yet time to mourn the turn of the police post in front of the Sarinah building being attacked by a bomb. The perpetrator of the bombing was Dian Juni Kurniadi. He detonated the bomb at the police post. The action then left two civilians dead. However, a policeman managed to escape death even with serious injuries.
Terror continues. The action that began the bombing then became a shootout near the Sarinah Building. The remaining terrorists -- Sunakim alias Afif and Muhamad Ali at the location began to target the police.
The shootout in that place also claimed lives. Civilians were also hit by gunfire. Then terrorists carrying homemade bombs killed them. Four terrorists and several civilians had to die.
Information on terror, the Sarinah Bomb, has spread everywhere. People began to come to Sarinah to find out acts of terrorism.
"Currently, the body of the perpetrator has been secured at a hospital that we have kept secret. We will identify the identity of the perpetrator," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Anton Charliyan as quoted by Kompas.com page, January 14, 2016.
Criticism of Sarinah Bombings has emerged from everywhere. They condemned all kinds of acts of terrorism. President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) also criticized all forms of action that disturbed the peace and spread the terror of the Indonesian people.
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He immediately asked his staff to immediately thoroughly investigate the perpetrators and the network involved in the Sarinah Bomb. He also appealed to the Indonesian people not to be afraid. This attitude is considered important because it can calm the public so that the terror efforts carried out are unsuccessful.
"We are all of course saddened by the victim's fall from this incident. I have ordered the National Police Chief, to the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs to pursue, arrest! Both those in the incident and those in the network"
"The state, nation and people should not be afraid. We must not be afraid, we must not lose by acts of terror like this and I hope that the community will remain calm because everything is under control," said Jokowi as quoted on the Cabinet Secretariat website, January 14, 2016.
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