DEADLY JAKARTA ATTACK. 

WE ARE NOT AFRAID, FUCKERS!!

12 arrested after deadly Jakarta attack.

 

 

 

 

 

 Indonesian police have arrested 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 injured Thursday as a suicide bomber and gunmen 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 mastermind, Bahrun Naim, an Indonesian militant 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.

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday morning's attack began with a suicide explosion near a Starbucks cafe on Thamrin Street, an entertainment and shopping district with various Western chain restaurants and stores.

Then two militants outside the coffee shop seized two people -- one of them a foreigner -- dragged them into a parking lot and shot them, said Anton Charliyan, a Jakarta police spokesman.

They also opened fire at people on the street. One of the injured was also a foreigner.

Heavily armed police soon swarmed the scene, firing on the militants and looking for other attackers.

The attackers responded by firing back and tossing two grenades at the officers, according to Charliyan.

Police initially said there were five attackers, all killed. However, on Saturday, Jakarta police spokesman Mohammad Iqbal said that police could confirm only four attackers.

Police discovered several unexploded munitions, some of them high-grade explosives, at the scene.

Alleged mastermind

The alleged mastermind, Naim, is no stranger to Indonesian authorities, the national police chief said earlier this week. He was apprehended in 2010 for illegal possession of ammunition and was brought to justice. Naim was sentenced to at least 2½ years in prison.

The militant then left Indonesia, and is in Raqqa, Syria, "as part of the high ranks of ISIS," Jakarta police chief Tito Karnavian said. ISIS claimed responsibility for the Jakarta attack in an official statement posted online.

Naim has formed a Southeast Asian branch of ISIS named Katibah al Nusantara, Indonesia authorities said. His vision is to join, to unite all ISIS supporting elements in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Eerie quiet

A day after the attack, wreaths and tributes expressing condolences to the victims, and defiance against those who attacked, were stacked against the nearby police outpost.

Many bear the slogan #KamiTidakTakut, which translates to "We are not afraid." Indonesians took to social media under the hashtag to show defiance in the face of terrorism.

 

 

 

 

Last major attack 2009

The capital of Indonesia, a country which is home to the world's largest Muslim population, hadn't seen an a major militant attack in six years.

The last one in Jakarta was in 2009, when simultaneous assaults on the J.W. Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels left seven people dead.

Since then, the secular government has made major inroads beating back terror groups.

Returning ISIS fighters?

In recent weeks, Indonesian police have been on high alert, while military operations focus on hitting the East Indonesian Mujahadeen, helmed by Indonesia's most-wanted terrorist, Santoso, who has pledged support for ISIS.

One major worry is that Indonesians fighting in Syria and Iraq will return home, having gained training and combat experience.