Pakistan on Saturday did not dispute Indonesian allegations that the perpetrators of the car bombing at Jakartaâs Marriott Hotel were trained in Pakistan, but the Foreign Ministry complained that Jakarta has not shared the intelligence with Islamabad. The Foreign Ministry was addressing comments made late Friday by Indonesian Defense Minister Matori Abdul Djalil. He told reporters that the people behind Tuesdayâs hotel attack in Jakarta had trained with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The bombing killed 10 people and injured 150.
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In a brief statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Khan did not dismiss the possibility that those involved in the Marriott attack could have been trained by Al Qaeda in Pakistan. The statement added, âIf the Indonesian government has a lead on the training of the terrorists, they should share it with us so that we could further intensify our action.â
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The Foreign Ministry said Indonesia has not shared its suspicions about terrorism training in Pakistan and its alleged link to Tuesdayâs bombing. âPakistan strongly condemns the terrorist attack at Jakartaâs Marriott Hotel,â the statement said.
Earlier, Indonesiaâs defense minister said there were many more terrorists still in the country. âEach one of them has special abilities received from training in Afghanistan and Pakistan,â Djalil said late Friday. He said the bombers were linked to a group of people arrested last month in Semarang and alleged to be members of the Al Qaeda linked terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). âThere are many more JI members on the loose in Indonesia ... Because of this I am sure that JI is behind all of this,â he said. Matori said the terror group was behind both Marriott blast, and the Bali nightclub bombings last year. |