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Bizarre Teen Bomber in Jakarta Radicalized from Internet

Police worry suspect reveals new pathway to extremism

Dec 09, 2025
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By: Ainur Rohmah
Photo from Al Jazeera

In early November, when the father of a 17-year-old youth identified only as FN dropped off his son at SMAN 72, a North Jakarta school, he had no idea of what would follow, or the bizarre Internet origins of what his son would do. CCTV footage showed FN walking through the school gate and down a corridor, his hand se…

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