Indonesia toughens up anti-terror laws days after worst attack in years


  • World
  • Friday, 25 May 2018

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament approved on Friday tougher anti-terrorism laws as it seeks to combat a surge in homegrown Islamist militancy, days after suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State killed more than 30 people in the city of Surabaya.

Revising a 2003 law became a top priority for the world's biggest Muslim-majority country after the Surabaya attacks, the deadliest in Indonesia in nearly two decades.

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