Indonesia

June 2005 | Risk Summary

Indonesian security forces are reported to be hunting for five cars packed with explosives in the Javanese city of Indramayu. According to Koran Tempo, a local newspaper, the army is on the look out for the cars believed to be carrying bombs made by recruits of Jemaah Islamiah fugitive Noordin M. Top. The report follows a series of warnings that the regional terror group is preparing for a new attack. In a June 10 statement, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs warned that terrorists are in the 'very advanced stages' on planning attacks. Indonesia's police deputy spokesman Soenarko Artanto has said

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