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1st LD: Indonesia arrests 12 linked to Jakarta attack, identifies suicide bombers

Xinhua, January 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Indonesian police have arrested 12 people allegedly linked with Thursday's suicide bombing at the capital that killed seven people including five and injured 20 others, and identified 5 bombers on Saturday, senior police officers said here.

National Police Chief General Badrodin Haiti disclosed that the arrest has been conducted since Thursday evening, hours after the gun and bomb attacks at a police station and a Starbucks coffee shop at the hearth of Jakarta.

"During the hunting from Thursday evening until today (Saturday), a dozen of people linked with the bombings have been arrested," General Badrodin told a press conference at the police headquarters.

"The 12 persons arrested are from West Java, Central Java and East Kalimantan," he said.

The arrested persons are grouped in a terrorist cell led by Bahrun Naim who claims himself as the IS leader in Southeast Asia, Badrodin disclosed.

As many as nine pieces of weapons, 5 mobile phones and one motorcycle have been seized during the raids to arrest the 12 persons, he said. Endit