Jakarta attacks: Death toll rises to 8, only 4 confirmed to be terrorists
Bernama
January 17, 2016 23:19 MYT
January 17, 2016 23:19 MYT
A group of Indonesian students hold placards during a candlelit protest in Surabaya, Eastern Java island on Jan 14, 2016, to condemn the blasts and gunfire that rocked Jakarta earlier in the day. - AFP Photo/Juni Kriswanto
A civilian who was seriously injured in the bomb and gun attacks at Jalan Thamrin here last Thursday, was reported to have died today, bringing the death toll in the carnage to eight.
The victim, Rais Karna, 37, who sustained a gunshot wound on his head, died after being in a coma for three days at Hospital Polis Republik Indonesia, here.
Jakarta's Metro Jaya Police District Medical and Health Division chief, Musyafak told reporters here today that an Austrian citizen known as Manfred Stoif, 48, who was also severely injured, was flown to Singapore for treatment.
He said Stoif, who was reportedly in stable condition, was transferred to Singapore at the request of his family members who lived there.
Meanwhile, the police department's Public Relations Division chief M. Iqbal said police could also confirm that the body of a man known as Sugito, who was previously suspected to be terrorist, was in fact a civilian.
Sugito, a chef hailing from Karawang in West Java, was killed as he was crossing the road during the violence, he said, adding that his body was identified by family members.
Iqbal said police had previously suspected Sugito of being one of the perpetrators, as when they visited his home for an inspection, it was found to be empty.
He said with the latest development, the number of suspected terrorists involved in the attacks was reduced to four, namely Dian Juni Kurniadi, Muhamad Ali, Afif alias Sunakim, and Ahmad Muhazan Saron.
Meanwhile, the local media have reported that residents of Desa Kedungwungu Krangkeng Indramayu, West Java, today staged a demonstration to reject Ahmad Muhazan's body from being buried in his hometown.
They have put up banners reading: "We reject the bodies of terrorists" all around Desa Kedungwungu.
A village leader called Nasrullah said that the villagers could not accept a radical human being, and Ahmad Muhazan's act had defamed their village.
"The youth, community leaders, and religious leaders have all agreed to reject Azan's (Ahmad Muhazan) funeral (here), even though his parents have their own land to bury his remains," he said.
In another development, police have arrested 12 people believed to have links to Bahrun Naim, one of the most-wanted terrorist suspects.
A police spokesman, Anton Charliyan said all of those detained belonged to some old radical groups, with some of them having links to terrorist training centres in Aceh, which were disbanded several years ago.
The police have also conducted raids at a number of districts such as Bekasi, Cirebon, West Java, and East Kalimantan, and apart from the arrests, they have also seized nine firearms, mobile phones and motorcycles.
One of those detained is suspected to have received funds from the Daish militant group to carry out terrorist activities in the country.
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