National Counter Terrorism Agency
The National Counter Terrorism Agency is an Indonesian non-ministerial government department that works to prevent terrorism. BNPT is headed by a chief, who is responsible to the President. When it was first launched, the leader of BNPT held the ranking of a civil servant but the Presidential Regulation in 2012 elevated the post of BNPT Chief to the ministerial level.
Image: Saud Usman BNPT
Image: Tito Karnavian
Image: Suhardi Alius BNPT
Image: Irjen. Pol. Drs. Boy Rafli Amar
The 2018 Surabaya bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that initially occurred on 13 May 2018 in three churches in Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia and the capital of East Java province. The explosions occurred at Immaculate Saint Mary Catholic Church on Ngagel Madya Street; Indonesia Christian Church on Diponegoro Street; and Surabaya Central Pentecost Church on Arjuno Street. The first explosion took place at the SMTB Church; the second and third explosions followed within an hour.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (in white) visiting one of the churches that were attacked by terrorists on 13 May
Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini visited the relatives of the victims of the attacks on 14 May
