The Medan Suicide Attack : Enablers of Radicalism

• Main Author: Rahmah, Unaesah
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology::Terrorism; Country and Region Studies; Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136821
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A recent suicide bombing at the police headquarters in Medan, North Sumatra, was the first attack in Indonesia by a pro-IS cell since the death of the so-called “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The radicalisation pathway of the suicide bomber underlines the role of religious study sessions, as against...