INDONESIA
Beyond the Veil
An Indonesian court sentenced a woman to seven and a half years in prison for plotting to blow herself up outside Jakarta’s presidential palace.
The case marks Indonesia’s first conviction of a woman in such a case, Reuters reported.
Dian Yulia Novi, 28, was arrested along with her husband, Muhamad Nur Solikin, late last year. The prosecution had sought a sentence of 10 years, but the court reduced her jail term because she admitted her role in the plot, the agency said.
Novi is pregnant and due to give birth in early September. Meanwhile, her husband’s trial in the same case is still underway.
The authorities believe that Novi was radicalized through social media, amid an escalation in homegrown militancy since the rise of the Islamic State.
Last week, Indonesian police raided homes and arrested five suspects in Bandung, West Java, foiling an alleged plot to detonate a radioactive dirty bomb, Reuters reported separately. Though experts questioned their ability to carry out the plan, police said the suspects hoped to transform low-grade radioactive Thorium 232 (Th-232) into deadly Uranium 233 (U-233).
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