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12 arrested after deadly Jakarta attack
[CNN] Indonesian police have placed in durance vile Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! 12 people in connection with Thursday's deadly attack in front of a Starbucks in central Jakarta, including one accused of having received a wire transfer from the alleged ISIS-linked operative suspected of orchestrating the assault, the country's police chief said Saturday. Two people -- an Indonesian and a Canadian -- were killed and 26 other people were maimed Thursday as a jacket wallah and gunnies launched an attack near the coffee store, police have said. Four attackers also are dead, following the bombing and a firefight with police. Among the 12 suspects subsequently rounded up in various Indonesian provinces, one is suspected to have received a money transfer from the alleged criminal mastermind, Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian bad boy who authorities believed to have conducted the operation from ISIS' headquarters in Syria, national Police Chief Badrodin Haiti said. The transfer helped to finance Thursday's attack, the police chief said. Police still are on high alert, Haiti said, in part because police have intercepted encoded messages about a possible attack. Further details about the threat weren't immediately available. Malaysia Arrests After Jakarta Attack Fuel Fears of Islamic State's Reach [WSJ] Concerns that Islamic State militants in the Middle East are taking a direct hand in organizing terrorist attacks in Asia escalated Saturday after Malaysian police said they had arrested four suspects, one of whom was planning a suicide attack in the country. You can wire $500 or a thousand anywhere in the world without much hindrance. Therefore IS's reach is world-wide. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-17 |
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