The Islamic State attacked Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country by population. The assault was carried out by suicide bombers and gun-toting militants.
Terrorists targeted a shopping mall in the capital city, Jakarta, leaving seven dead, including terrorists. Seventeen people are reportedly injured.
EPA
Remarkably, the Indonesian Police was able to kill five of the terrorists and capture two in less than four hours.
The locations of attacks.
The police said that they were alert ever since receiving intelligence inputs of a possible attack in December.
This attack is the first major violence in Jakarta since the 2009 bomb blasts targeting two hotels that left seven people dead and more than 50 injured.
One of the terrorists photographed as he went around shooting people. Xinhua/Barcroft Media
But the people of Indonesia showed the world and Islamic State that such cowardly acts of violence cannot terrify them, and that Indonesia will continue to be a peace-loving land.
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So Twitter was flooded with the hashtag #KamiTidakTakut, meaning “we are not afraid”. Others were #JakartaBerani, meaning “brave Jakarta”.
Its mean we are not afraid #KamiTidakTakut pic.twitter.com/C5nRGTBGh6
— TakumiHasegawa (@ReKuHa) January 14, 2016
#KamiTidakTakut dad on his job! smile indonesian police!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/IPAUPhRjHG
— Ayu Syam Ramadhan (@ayuwirautami) January 14, 2016
You can run but our can’t hide! The Police chasing the terorist! You messed with the wrong country! #KamiTidakTakut pic.twitter.com/3ohKyKq9bP
— Nia KD (@missmorrie) January 14, 2016
We’re grateful for courageous men-women Armed Forces&Police for service for our Nation’s security #KamiTidakTakut pic.twitter.com/4f1mlNpGG3
— Rotaract Semanggi (@racsemanggi) January 14, 2016
Terorist keep this word from us, Indonesian. “We are not affraid, WE ARE NOT AFFRAID! #KamiTidakTakut pic.twitter.com/k4zktqs7Lw
— Joshua Kevin Suryana (@joke_95) January 14, 2016
I know the terrorist afraid of us, so they trying to make us scared. But WE NOT SCARED of YOU ! #KamiTidakTakut pic.twitter.com/xWShpk6l1E
— Dimas Adhitama (@dimas_adt) January 14, 2016
THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!! Keep the spirit up, fellow indos 🙂 Fear is not in our dictionary! #KamiTidakTakut pic.twitter.com/csqBJbA1aB
— fn. (@tabiyong) January 14, 2016
Yasss that’s the spirit! #KamiTidakTakut pic.twitter.com/aKBy6sB4WS
— Widya Sulistiani (@widyasulistiani) January 14, 2016
spread this pic! #INDONESIABRAVE #KAMITIDAKTAKUT pic.twitter.com/XQFSyCgk2o
— Gajah_terbang (@deva_ekada15) January 14, 2016
We stand together!! #KamiTidakTakut pic.twitter.com/zyKyHyrWdB
— dioritania P.A corua (@dioritania2295) January 14, 2016
We are not afraid #KamiTidakTakut (regram @RahayuSaraswati) #StaySafeJakarta pic.twitter.com/g8FrBELluM
— Bere (@mabe85) January 14, 2016
Please don’t help this terrorist spread the terror. That is what exactly what they want us to do. #KamiTidakTakut #JakartaBerani
— Hendry Wibisono (@Hendry_Chou) January 14, 2016
we are strong, you messed with the wrong country! #KamiTidakTakut
— Yohanaaaaaaaa (@ymsihombing) January 14, 2016
And not just the people of Indonesia but even the President Joko Widodo led by example.
We are not afraid!! Bcs, he’s not afraid! @jokowi #KamiTidakTakut pic.twitter.com/HL3ZfdyOKV
— W U L A N (@retnowulanndary) January 14, 2016
We salute the brave people of Indonesia and the security forces. Yes, terror has no religion and terrorists are cowards.
