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Poso riots. The Poso riots, also known as Poso communal conflict, is a name given to a series of riots that occurred in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. This incident involved a group of Muslims and Christians in the region and was divided into three stages. The first Poso riot took place from December 25 to 29, 1998, continued from April 17 ...
The Walisongo school massacre is the name given to a series of terrorists attacks by Christian militants on May 28, 2000, upon several predominantly Muslim villages around Poso town, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia as part of a broader sectarian conflict in the Poso region. Officially, the total number killed in the attacks is 367, [ 4] but there ...
On October 30, 2005, three Christian girls: Theresia Morangke (15), Alfita Poliwo (17), and Yarni Sambue (17), were beheaded by Muslim jihadists in Poso on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, an area plagued by sectarian violence since 2001. [ 1] The attackers planned the beheadings after visiting the Philippines.
4,600–5,000. Killings of Sulawesi civilians during the Indonesian National Revolution; 3,100–3,500 people killed by troops of the KNIL and the Korps Speciale Troepen (KST) under Captain Raymond Westerling, and approximately 1,500 people killed by Indonesian revolutionaries. 1947 Yogyakarta Dakota incident.
The East Indonesia Mujahideen ( Indonesian: Mujahidin Indonesia Timur; abbreviated MIT) was an Islamist militant group operating out of Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The group was led by Abu Wardah (also known as Santoso) until he was killed by Indonesian police on 18 July 2016. [8] After the death of Santoso, the group was led by Ali ...
Poso (Old Spelling: Posso) is the administrative capital of Poso Regency, Indonesia. It is the main port and transportation hub for the central-southern coast of Central Sulawesi . Its urban area consists of three districts, Poso Kota , North Poso Kota , and South Poso Kota .
Recent terrorism in Indonesia can in part be attributed to the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jemaah Islamiyah Islamist terrorist group and/or Islamic State. Indonesia has worked with other countries to apprehend and prosecute perpetrators of major bombings linked to militant Islamism. [33] Since 2003, a number of 'western targets' have been attacked.
Poso Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 7,438.55 km 2 , and had a population of 209,228 at the 2010 Census [ 2 ] and 244,875 at the 2020 Census; [ 3 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 251,654 (129,720 males and 121,940 females). [ 4 ]