Tag: Jakarta terror attacks aftermath

Non-Proliferation talks in Tokyo highlight terrorism, North Korea

Government representatives from 17 nations met in Tokyo for the 12th Asian Senior-level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP-XII), where they are expected to discuss North Korea’s recently claimed hydrogen bomb test, along with the attacks in Jakarta, Indonesia. “North Korea issues, is the issues that the international community, particularly countries in this region, needs to tackle and take united immediate action,” Ambassador and Director General for Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department of the Ministry of Foreign […]

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Three arrests made by Indonesian anti-terrorism police following Jakarta attack

Media reported that three people suspected of plotting an attack were arrested before dawn in Depok, just south of Jakarta, on Friday (January 15). Metro TV said there was no indication that the men – which it described as a bomb-maker, a firearms expert and a preacher – were linked to Thursday’s (January 14) attack. “The informant told us that the people (who are arrested) were told to follow and to be devoted. (The investigation) […]

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Indonesians worried after Jakarta attacks

Some Indonesians expressed concern about their safety as the country’s capital awoke to a new day on Friday (January 15) following a deadly attack claimed by Islamic State. Just seven people were killed in the three-hour siege near a Starbucks cafe and Sarinah, Jakarta’s oldest department store, despite multiple blasts and a gunfight, and five of them were the attackers themselves. Nevertheless, it was the first time the radical group has targeted the world’s most […]

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