Man Accused Of Financing Jakarta Attacks With ISIS Funds Arrested

Karnavian has said the attackers were part of a group led by Bahrum Naim, an Indonesian militant who is now reported to be in Syria.

There had been warning signs of a possible emerging threat for months, including government acknowledgement that hundreds of Indonesians had traveled to Syria to fight for the IS group. On Friday evening, police searched the home of another of the dead bombers whom they identified as Muhammad Ali.

In recent weeks, Indonesian police have been on high alert, while military operations focus on hitting the East Indonesian Mujahadeen, helmed by Indonesia's most-wanted terrorist, Santoso, who has pledged support for ISIS.

Jakarta police said Thursday's attack was funded by the Islamic State group.

He said one of the 12 had received funding from Bahrun Naim, who is fighting for Islamic State in Syria, through a transfer through Western Union.

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The Indonesian Catholic bishops' conference has not issued a statement about the attack yet but "we at the commission see the incident as being a lesson for us", said Father Siswantoko.

Indonesian police said five - not four - attackers and two other people were killed in explosions and gunfire Thursday in downtown Jakarta.

The dual Algerian-Canadian citizen shot by militants was named as Tahar Amer-Ouali, while the sole Indonesian killed, Rico Hermawan, was being fined by the police when the attackers blew up a traffic post.

All of the attackers were killed either by their suicide vests or by law enforcement. The terrorist group known as the Islamic State, or IS, claimed responsibility for the attacks. "We are investigating what exactly the money was used for", Haiti said.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian police said Saturday they have arrested 12 people suspected of links to the Jakarta bombings.

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The twelve arrested in the sweep across Java and Indonesia's half of Borneo were associates of Naim, the police chief said.

"Fortunately, the lethal impact of the Paris attack is not easy to replicate - as the Jakarta attack shows - as training, casing of targets, timing and execution are skills that need to be acquired".

Indonesians are visiting the site of Thursday's attack, leaving flowers and messages calling for prayers and national unity.

Newspapers carried bold front-page headlines declaring the country was united in condemnation of the attack, which was the first in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, since the hotel bombings in 2009. "It was just a Paris-inspired attack without being well-prepared", he told The Associated Press.

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Jones, speaking from Singapore, told VOA the arrests made by police in November and December likely meant a significantly smaller casualty count, but that such an attack was inevitable as "there's been activity brewing for some time".

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