SOLVEDListenOlivier Cafe, Grand Indonesia shopping mall, Jakarta · 2016
Wayan Mirna Salihin died on 6 January 2016 after drinking a cyanide-laced Vietnamese iced coffee at a Jakarta cafe; her friend Jessica Kumala Wongso was convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to 20 years, a verdict upheld on appeal.
Credit: User:Peter EllisCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListenKuta, Bali, Indonesia · 2002
On 12 October 2002, Jemaah Islamiyah militants detonated three bombs in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 people and injuring 209 others in Indonesia's deadliest terrorist attack.
Kuningan District, South Jakarta, near the Australian Embassy · 2004
A car bomb detonated outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on 9 September 2004, killing nine people and wounding over 150. Jemaah Islamiyah claimed responsibility; several men were later convicted for their roles in planning and facilitating the attack.
Credit: The National Archives UKNo known restrictionsSourceSOLVEDListenWest coast of Aceh, Sumatra (near Tenom) · 1883
In November 1883 the British cargo ship Nisero ran aground off the west coast of Aceh, Sumatra; its 28 crew were taken captive by the Raja of Tenom and held for ten months, with seven dying of cholera or malnutrition, before a ransom secured their release in September 1884.
Credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class Kilho ParkPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenJW Marriott Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia · 2003
A suicide car bomb detonated outside the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta on 5 August 2003, killing 12 people and injuring 150 in an attack attributed to the al-Qaeda-linked group Jemaah Islamiyah.
UNSOLVEDListenJakarta, Indonesia · 1997
Between 1997 and 1998, 23 pro-democracy activists were abducted by Indonesian state forces during the final years of Suharto's New Order regime; nine were released, one was found dead, and 13 remain missing to this day.
UNSOLVEDListenBanyuwangi Regency, East Java, Indonesia · 1998
A wave of vigilante violence swept East Java, Indonesia, in 1998 after rumors of sorcery and cattle deaths led to killings of suspected sorcerers by black-clad "ninja" vigilantes, followed by retaliatory killings of people suspected of being ninjas; the National Commission on Human Rights recorded 307 deaths.
SOLVEDListenRawagede (now Balongsari), Rawamerta, Karawang Regency, West Java, Indonesia · 1947
On 9 December 1947, Royal Netherlands East Indies Army forces killed 431 men in the village of Rawagede, West Java, after villagers refused to reveal the location of an Indonesian independence fighter. The Dutch state acknowledged responsibility and issued a formal apology and compensation in 2011.
UNSOLVEDListenSemanggi cloverleaf interchange, Jakarta, Indonesia · 1998
Indonesian security forces opened fire on unarmed student protesters near the Semanggi cloverleaf interchange in Jakarta in two separate incidents in 1998 and 1999, killing 29 people combined; despite military tribunals for some low-ranking personnel, senior officials were never prosecuted and the case remains formally unresolved.
Credit: CallinusCC BY-SA 2.0SourceSOLVEDListenNear Sarinah shopping mall, Jalan MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta, Indonesia · 2015
On 14 January 2016, coordinated bombings and gunfire near Jakarta's Sarinah shopping mall killed four attackers and four civilians and injured about 20 others, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State.
The files run from 1883 to 2023. The 2000s hold the most, with 8 files. The oldest is Nisero Incident, from 1883.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (12), kidnapping and abduction cases (3) and mass shooting cases (2).
1 file of the 31 has coverage attached: 2 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 2 creators. The most covered is Murder of Wayan Mirna Salihin, with 2 items to watch or hear. Coffeehouse Crime and Dr. Todd Grande have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Bali 2002 bombing Memorial Melbourne — Credit: User:Peter EllisCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Aus Emb bomb2 — Credit: DavidelitCC BY 3.0Source
Nicolaes Visscher Indiae Orientalis — Credit: Nicolaes Visscher IIPublic domainSource
CO 1069-485-16 (7887880108) — Credit: The National Archives UKNo known restrictionsSource
File:Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat.jpg — Credit: edukasi.murianews.comPublic domainSource
Captain (Capt) Vivian Bullwinkel (left) sitting — Credit: United States Army Signal CorpsCC BY 3.0Source
Majid Shoukat Khan pleads guilty GTMO 120229-N-RF645-118 — Credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class Kilho ParkPublic domainSource
Central Jakarta 2016 attack partial map Sarinah mall — Credit: CallinusCC BY-SA 2.0Source
31. By status: 8 unsolved and 23 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Nisero Incident, from 1883. Open the file
Murder of Wayan Mirna Salihin, with 2 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Coffeehouse Crime (1 case) and Dr. Todd Grande (1 case).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 16, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
