Indonesian police arrests man accused of Jakarta attacks

Suicide bombers exploded themselves in downtown Jakarta on Thursday while gunmen attacked a police post nearby

By: AFP

Jakarta | January 16, 2016 06:37 PM IST

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Police officers are deployed near the site where an explosion went off in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Suicide bombers exploded themselves in downtown Jakarta on Thursday while gunmen attacked a police post nearby, a witness told The Associated Press. Local television reported more explosions in other parts of the city. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesian police announced on Saturday they had arrested a man they believe financed the deadly Jakarta attacks, alleging the suspect received the funds from the Islamic State group (IS).

National police chief Badrodin Haiti said 12 suspects had been detained in nationwide raids since Thursday’s attacks, including one accused of bankrolling the suicide bombings and shootings that left seven dead.

“One of the people detained had received financial transfers from ISIS to fund the operation,” he told reporters, using another acronym for IS.

The attack has been claimed by IS, which has ruthlessly carved out a self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria and Iraq, and Indonesian police have more specifically blamed a Southeast Asian affiliate of the group known as Katibah Nusantara.

Police also revealed that one of the militants killed in the brazen attacks was a previously jailed militant, who until last year was serving a prison sentence for involvement in an Islamist paramilitary camp.

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