One of the attackers in the Jakarta bombing on Jan 14 made a phone call to a Malaysian number before the incident, Bukit Aman Special Branch director Mohamad Fuzi Mohd Harun revealed today.
He said the information was obtained based on a forensic investigation conducted by Indonesian police.
"We (Malaysian police) are now investigating into this new finding," he told reporters on the sideline of the two-day International Conference on Deradicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism (IDC) 2016 in Kuala Lumpur today.
In the Jan 14 bombing and firearm attack at Jalan MH Thamrin, seven people including five terrorists died at the scene, while more than 30 people including five policemen were seriously injured. A day later, one of the injured was reported to have died.
Meanwhile, Jakarta police chief Tito Karnavian was reported as saying that based on intelligence and information, police had strong reasons to believe Muhammad Bahrun Naim, the founder of Katibah Nusantara group, who wanted to be the leader of Islamic State (IS) in the South-East Asian region, was the mastermind of the attack.
Mohamad Fuzi, however, said based on investigation carried out, none of the attackers involved in the Jakarta bombing were Malaysians.
On the Malaysian IS movement, Mohamad Fuzi said the police had determined that there had been communication between Malaysian IS elements and Malaysians in Syria.
- Bernama
