Rattled by bombings, Indonesia set to pass tough anti-terror laws


  • World
  • Thursday, 24 May 2018

FILE PHOTO: A policeman stands guard outside a church, one of the three hit by suicide bombers in Surabaya, Indonesia May 13, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta/File Photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament is expected to adopt tough anti-terrorism laws on Friday as it seeks to combat a surge in homegrown Islamist militancy days after the deadliest attacks since 2002 bombings on the tourist island of Bali.

Revising a 2003 law became a top priority for the world's biggest Muslim-majority after suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State killed more than 30 people in the country's second-biggest city of Surabaya this month.

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