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View all search resultsAuthorities have confirmed that three international schools in Greater Jakarta were the targets of hoax bomb threats on Tuesday and Wednesday, as investigations are underway to identify and apprehend the individual or group responsible.
According to NewsGuard, around 74 percent of the most viral but factually inaccurate posts on the Hamas-Israel war came from verified users and were cumulatively viewed more than 100 million times globally.
Fighting has ravaged large tracts of Myanmar since a military coup in 2021 that sparked renewed clashes with ethnic rebel groups, as well as the formation of dozens of "People's Defence Forces" now battling the junta.
Brig. Gen. Ahmad Ramadhan, head of the public information bureau for the National Police, said authorities were coordinating with the counter-terrorism unit to investigate the incident, which killed the suspected attacker and one police officer.
Umar Patek was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2012 for his involvement in bombings that ripped through two Bali nightclubs, killing 202 people, including 88 Australians. He became eligible for parole this month after a series of remissions for good behaviour.
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