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Terrorist attack on Wiranto: Danger of family terrorism
Such extremist clerics are intellectual actors who are often difficult to be snared by the current Indonesian penal system, as it is hard to prove who are the masterminds of violence and murder under the current Terrorism Law.
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Such extremist clerics are intellectual actors who are often difficult to be snared by the current Indonesian penal system, as it is hard to prove who are the masterminds of violence and murder under the current Terrorism Law. (Antara/Ardi Kuncoro)
T
he assault against Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto on Oct. 10 was truly shocking and hard to predict. Attacks targeting top officials were once designed in 2005 by Noordin M.Top, the killed Malaysian terrorist, when a member of his group at that time, Abdullah Umamity, intended to attack then-president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono or his inner circle. The plan failed to materialize.
The stabbing of Wiranto by a man identified as Abu Rara and his wife FA is considered family terrorism as it involved members of a nuclear family. The suspects are linked to the Indonesian-based group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), which leans toward the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
Although JAD leader Aman Abdurrahman has declared family terrorism a “forbidden jihad”, apparently Abu Rara and his wife followed the doctrine of Chalid Abubakar, the leader of JAD Surabaya, who motivated and convinced Abu Rara to carry out the attack, according to National Police chief Gen.Tito Karnavian.
In Surabaya last year, three families involved their children in attempted suicide attacks, killing dozens of innocent people, though two children survived. In Pandeglang, Banten, Abu Rara did not invite his daughter to take part in assaulting Wiranto. Initially in Syria and Iraq,
IS used women in the network of fundamentalist groups only as financial backers, propagators of propaganda and seekers of various forms of support for the male members.
However, over time and given the limited availability of men, IS began using women and children for war. Gradually more and more women were attracted and chose the “path of the sword” to become attackers.
Police have said Abu Rara and his wife were among nine terrorist suspects in Bekasi, east of Jakarta, who had been under surveillance and who were under the leadership of Abu Zee Ghurobah (Fazri Palawan), whose group is part of a militant group linked to the JAD. Fazri was arrested in a rented house in Tambun Sakti district, Bekasi regency, West Java, early Sept. 23.
