"Although there are already security precautions, they should be improved so what happened to (Wiranto) never happens again," Widodo told reporters in Jakarta on Friday. The attack came shortly before Widodo begins his second term as president of the Southeast Asian archipelago of 260 million people. "An attack like this should set off alarm bells for security personnel to increase their caution," said Ridwan Habib, a terrorism researcher at the University of Indonesia. Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation, has long struggled with attacks by Islamist militants, including the 2002 Bali bombings. Saturday marks the 17th anniversary of the attack in Bali that killed over 200 people -- Indonesia's deadliest terror incident.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 11, 2019 11:37 UTC