Jakarta attack funded by ISIS in Syria, police say

Twenty-four people were injured, of them five were from the police.

The IS group is blamed for Thursday's tragedy at the capital, according to Jakarta Police Inspector General Chief Tito Karnavian.

The statement said ^[1] the attacks targeted a gathering of citizens from the "Crusader coalition", referring to the US-led alliance of countries combatting IS in Iraq ^[2] and Syria ^[3].

"Another victim who was in a coma since the beginning died last night", Jakarta police spokesman Muhammad Iqbal told Agence France-Presse, confirming the latest death.

Khalid said three other people suspected of being supporters of Islamic State were arrested this week at Kuala Lumpur airport after they returned from Turkey.

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Still, police believe that an Indonesian IS fighter, Bahrum Naim ^[5], who is in Syria may have inspired and instigated the Jakarta attack.

Twelve suspected terrorists were arrested in Central Java, West Java and East Kalimantan after Thursday's attacks in a Starbucks cafe near Sarinah mall in Central Jakarta and a nearby police police post on busy Thamrin Road.

The civilian victims were Canadian Amer Quali Tahar and Jakarta residents Rico Hermawan and Rais Karna, who died Saturday.

One man waved a sign in English saying, "Indonesia United, We're not scared, we fight terrorism".

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He identified one of the attackers as Sunakim, who was sentenced in 2010 to seven years in jail for his involvement in militant training in Aceh, but was released early. The attackers also were killed, either by their suicide vests or by police.

It would mark the first attack in the region by Katibah Nusantara, which is made up primarily of Malay-speaking Indonesians and Malaysians.

"Weapon and IS documents were confiscated [from the suspect]", the police chief said on his Twitter account. Jakarta woman Sri Rahayu, like others at the rally, was outraged at the "stupid" attackers.

In response to the Jakarta attacks, Philippine President Benigno Aquino ordered security forces to strengthen defences of "soft" targets.

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.

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Both IS and any affiliate "have an interest in being seen as part of a larger network because it fits with their scare tactics", even if they are tied only by sympathies, said Carool Kersten, an expert in Islam at King's College London. Authorities there suspect the bomber had links to Islamic State.

Terror analysts warn that the group, believed to consist mostly of militants from Indonesia, but also Malaysia and elsewhere in the region, has threatened for more than a year to bring jihad home.

However, the head of Indonesia's national intelligence agency, Sutiyoso, said talk of Islamic State was premature. Police have been largely successful in destroying domestic militant cells since the Bali bombings of 2002 and 2005.