2016 in Indonesia

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This is a list of events in 2016 in Indonesia.

Events

• January 1 - A low explosive device exploded under a local television TVOne van outside Bandung's mayor house. No one was injured.^[1]
• January 4 - A young female doctor with her child went missing in Yogyakarta. Her disappearance went viral in social media as she left a note that she will "fight for Allah".^[2]
• January 6 - After the disappearance of Dr. Rica, another five people went missing in Yogyakarta, the youngest was a high school student.
• January 11 - Dr. Rica and five other missing people were found by the police in Pangkalan Bun, West Kalimantan. Two other people were arrested in connection to the disappearance as police thought they were "recruiter".^[3][4]
• January 12 - After the discovery of Dr. Rica, reports of missing person spiked to 15 people in Yogyakarta alone.^[5]
• January 13 - More than 33 people reported to be missing in Yogyakarta after the discovery of Dr. Rica. It was suspected that they joined an Islamist group called 'GAFATAR'.^[6]
• January 14 - 2016 Jakarta Terror Attack; Terrorist attacks a Starbucks cafe and a policebox in Jakarta, killing 4 civilians (one fatalities occurred few days after the attack) and wounding a total of twenty four people. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claimed responsibility in the first ISIS attack in Southeast Asia^[7][8][9]
• January 15 -
  • Three people were arrested in Cirebon in connection with the Jakarta attacks.^[10]
  • Numbers of missing people, possibly joining GAFATAR, kept rising.^[11]
• January 19 - Ex-GAFATAR barrack was found by locals in Mempawah, West Kalimantan. Outraged, they burned it to the ground as the mayor watches and cry.^[12]
• January 20 - Yogyakarta Regional Police will send 100 personnel from their division to Mempawah to pick up ex-GAFATAR and 'would be' GAFATAR members.^[13]
• January 21 - A total of 92 people missing in Yogyakarta alone. Police stated that 300 people were missing across Indonesia to join the organization.^[14]

February

• February 10 - A Super Tucano operated by Indonesian Air Force crashed into a crowded neighborhood in Malang, killing a woman. One person was pronounced missing. The pilot was found in a paddy field in critical condition. It was the second Indonesian Air Force aviation accident in just two months. President Joko Widodo called for an audit program immediately.^[15][16][17]

Predicted and Scheduled Events

• March 9 - A total solar eclipse will cover the whole nation. The eclipse will be visible in all parts of Indonesia.
• August 5–21 - 10 athletes from Indonesia will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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