The so-called Islamic State (IS) was behind a series of explosions and gun attacks in the capital Jakarta, an IS-linked news agency and police say.
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The conflict between the government forces and the PKK has killed tens of thousands of people since 1984. “Kind of a denial or something”, he said in another tweet, referring to the pandemonium on the street below that took nearly three hours to bring under control.
No one has claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attacks, which took place in front of the Sarinah shopping mall on Thamrin Street that prompted a security lockdown in central Jakarta and enhanced checks all over the crowded city of 10 million.
“The hearts of Canada and Canadians go out to the people of Indonesia and all the families and victims of these awful attacks”, Trudeau said at an appearance in Kitchener, Ont.
Bali, located hundreds of miles from Jakarta and a major attraction for tourists, was a target of militant attacks more than a decade ago, when a nightclub bombing killed 202 people, a lot of them tourists.
“Similar events have happened in Paris, Mumbai, New York, they can happen here too”, Chief Security Minister Luhut Pandjaitan told reporters.
A plainclothes police officer aims his gun at attackers during a gun battle following explosions in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016.
After the explosions at Starbucks, sporadic gunfire could be heard for about two hours.
Mr. Bahrun is a leader of Katibah Nusantara, a Southeast Asian-based military unit under the Islamic State, according to General Karnavian, who said that the Islamic State was expanding its operations in countries in the region, including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
Charliyan said the Algerian managed to escape with bullet wounds, but the second man was shot dead on the spot and that an Indonesian man who had tried to help the hostages was also shot and killed.
Police confirmed the fatalities to CNN, saying that one policeman and three civilians were killed.
One blast was in a Starbucks (ST) cafe and security forces were later seen entering the building, Reuters reported.
“I think this is going to hurt sentiment in the short term but given the fiscal and monetary support that’s already happening, the gradual recovery we are expecting this year is still intact”, he told Channel NewsAsia in an interview Thursday.
“A Starbucks waiter then ran out with blood coming out of his ear”.
Police said there were four blasts, although eyewitnesses reported at least six.
Two other men are seen lying a short distance away from them in a pool of blood.
The Embassy of Australia in Jakarta has also asked a number of questions and urged the authorities to ensure that no Australian nationals are affected.
Britain and Australia advised their nationals to avoid the area.
“The state, nation and people should not be afraid of, and lose to, such terror acts”, he said. And the Indonesian police concede that they recently received specific threats from the world’s deadliest terrorist group. US citizens are encouraged to monitor local and worldwide media and factor updated information into personal travel plans and activities.
“There are a number of cells and groups that have pledged allegiance (IS chief) Abu Bakar Al Bagdadi and it is those cells and groups that are mounting these attacks”.
Sidney Jones, the director of the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict thinktank, wrote in the Lowy Interpreter in November that while Isis was still inchoate and poorly organised in Indonesia, it was working to build its networks across the archipelago.
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Jones said Isis had been successful in recruiting and building a network of supporters in the suburbs of Jakarta.
