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“An acerb onslaught that maimed an Indonesian rights activistic was an enactment of terror,” President Prabowo Subianto said successful an interview, vowing accountability.
Andrie Yunus, lawman coordinator of Jakarta-based NGO KontraS, was riding a motorbike past week erstwhile helium was approached by 2 men connected a scooter, 1 of whom threw acerb astatine him, according to the group. He suffered injuries to his face, an eye, hands and torso.
"This is terrorism, isn't it? A barbaric act. We indispensable prosecute (the perpetrators)," Mr. Prabowo said successful an interrogation published connected Thursday (March 19, 2026) connected his idiosyncratic YouTube channel. The erstwhile wide vowed to "uphold the law" careless of who was down the attack.
The subject detained 4 soldiers from the equipped forces' quality portion connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026), suspecting their involvement.
The aforesaid day, the Jakarta Police released CCTV footage showing the faces of 2 radical suspected of attacking Mr. Andrie. Their links to the detained soldiers were unclear. Mr. Andrie has repeatedly taken contented with the military's power successful the authorities and had recorded a podcast connected the taxable soon earlier helium was attacked.
Lawmakers agreed connected Wednesday to signifier a peculiar committee to oversee the handling of the case. UN rights main Volker Turk said past week helium was "deeply concerned" by the "horrific" onslaught and called for accountability.
Indonesia "has undergone further antiauthoritarian backsliding, crackdowns connected protests, media censorship and intimidation of activists" nether Mr. Prabowo, Human Rights Watch said successful its latest study connected the country.
