Posted on 01/14/2016 7:45:50 AM PST by mandaladon
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Islamic State said it was behind an attack by suicide bombers and gunmen in the heart of Jakarta on Thursday that brought the radical group’s violence to the world’s most populous Muslim country for the first time.
Just seven people were killed despite multiple blasts and a gunfight, and five of them were the attackers themselves, but the brazenness of their siege suggested a new brand of militancy in a country where low-level strikes on police are common.
It took security forces about three hours to end the attack near a Starbucks cafe and Sarinah’s, Jakarta’s oldest department store, after a team of seven militants traded gunfire with police and blew themselves up.
An Indonesian and a Canadian were killed in the attack. Twenty people, including an Algerian, Austrian, German and Dutchman, were wounded.
“A group of soldiers of the caliphate in Indonesia targeted a gathering from the crusader alliance that fights the Islamic State in Jakarta,†the group said in a statement. It added that 15 people were killed.
Jakarta’s police chief told reporters: “ISIS is behind this attack definitely,†using a common acronym for Islamic State, and he named an Indonesian militant called Bahrun Naim as the man responsible for plotting it.
Police believe Naim is in the Syrian city of Raqqa.
The drama played out on the streets and on television screens, with at least six explosions and a gunfight in a movie theater. But the low death toll pointed to the involvement of local militants whose weapons were rudimentary, experts said.
In a sign of public unease, a bang caused by a tire bursting triggered a bomb scare that sent police cars rushing back to the scene hours after the attack.
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But...but...they’re contained. hussein said so.
To a fundamental Muslim, an attack on Kafirs and their sympathizers offers death and a path to eternal salvation.
Sounds like the way to go for a true believer in Allah and his prophet Muhammed. -Tom
Nearly every troublespot on earth involves muslims or communists. Wouldn’t it be great if neither existed?
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Then it is up to other Muslims to do so unless secretly they feel ISIS has a point.
Well, it looks like the Saudi Sunnis are getting ready to wail on the Iranian Shi’ites.
The Saudis fear Arab Shi’ites also. And they are not known for being good fighters these Saudis.
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