Jakarta blasts: All 7 casualties identified, 12 arrested

Police in the city of Balikpapan in East Kalimantan province said they had arrested one suspected militant, but it was not clear if he was related to the Jakarta attack, the Antara news agency reported.

Bahrun Naim emerged as a suspect based on phone records of the attackers.

The money was sent via Bahrun Na’im, an Indonesian militant who is believed to be heading an IS brigade of Indonesians in Syria, National Police Chief Badrodin Haiti said at a press conference in Jakarta that was broadcast live on Kompas TV.

Shortly after they arrived, they were greeted with the news of terrorist attacks that hit Jakarta.

Authorities on Friday raided the homes of terrorists who died in the attack, and they recovered a flag similar to those used by Islamic State terrorists.

Officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) declared over the weekend that they don’t see the possibility of a spillover to the Philippines of the recent terror attack from Jakarta, Indonesia. The man was released in 2015.

Islamic State said in its claim of responsibility that “a group of soldiers of the caliphate inIndonesia targeted a gathering from the crusader alliance that fights the Islamic State in Jakarta”.

If confirmed to be the work of Katibah Nusantara, which is made up primarily of Malay-speaking Indonesians and Malaysians, it would mark the first violence in Southeast Asia by the group.

Malaysia placed the country on its highest alert.

As many as 800 Indonesians have joined the IS group in Syria and Iraq and they have already returned to Indonesia, said Said Agil Siraj, chairman of Indonesia’s biggest Muslim organization l Ulema.

The police have raised their operational tempo against local militant groups since Thursday’s attack, which left seven people – including five militants – dead and more than 20 others injured.

Indonesia shut down at least 11 radical websites and several social media accounts on Saturday after a deadly gun and bomb attack claimed by Islamic State rocked the capital earlier in the week.

All the militants were killed either by suicide vests or by police.

The 28-year-old was arrested with weapons and documents related to IS, police said. It’s common for Indonesians to have just one name.

A total of 13 people have been arrested by Indonesia’s counter terrorism squad (Densus 88) on Friday (15/01) on grounds of suspected involvement in terrorist networks.

Haiti added that Naim himself was arrested in Indonesia in 2010 for illegal possession of ammunition and received a one-year jail term.

Five extremists launched the assault in the heart of the Indonesian capital, apparently copying the Paris attacks as they detonated explosives and shot at people in a district packed with malls, embassies and United Nations offices.

One police officer remains in intensive care.