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    • อัปเดตล่าสุด 15 ม.ค. 59


    AP12:26 a.m. EST January 15, 2016

    NEWS FROM USA TODAY

    3 men arrested on suspected links to Jakarta attack


    JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police on Friday arrested three men on suspicion of links to the brazen attacks in the heart of the country's capital, and said they recovered a flag of the Islamic State group from the home of one of the attackers.

    The discovery of the flag bolsters authorities' claim that the attack Thursday was carried out by the Islamic State group, which controls territory in Syria and Iraq and whose ambition to create an Islamic caliphate has attracted 30,000 foreign fighters from around the world, including a few hundred Indonesians and Malaysians.

    The arrests of the three took place at dawn at their homes in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, police said in a text message, citing Col. Khrisna Murti, director of criminal investigations who led the raid. It said they were arrested for suspected links to the attackers. MetroTV. It broadcast footage of the handcuffed men being escorted by police.

    Five men attacked a Starbucks cafe and a traffic police booth with hand-made bombs, guns and suicide belts Thursday, killing two people — a Canadian and an Indonesian — and injuring 20. The attackers were killed subsequently, either by their suicide vests or by police.

    National police spokesman Maj. Gen. Anton Charliyan told reporters a black IS flag was found in the home of one of the attackers and police believe they have established their identities.

    He says two of the five men were previously convicted and imprisoned for terrorism offenses.

    The IS link, if proved, poses a grave challenge to Indonesian security forces because until now the group was known only to have sympathizers with no active cells capable of planning and carrying out such an attack.

    In recent years Indonesian anti-terror forces had successfully stamped out another extremist group known as Jemaah Islamiyah. It was responsible for several attacks in Indonesia, including the 2002 bombings of bars in Bali, which left 202 people dead, as well as two hotel bombings in Jakarta in 2009 that killed seven people.

    Terrorism experts say IS supporters in Indonesia are drawn from the remnants of Jemaah Islamiyah.

    A few hundred Indonesians are known to have traveled to Syria to join the IS. Few have come back. Still, police believe that an Indonesian IS fighter, Bahrum Naim, who is in Syria may have inspired and instigated the Jakarta attack.

    Jakarta residents were shaken by Thursday's events but refused to be cowed.

    The area near the Starbucks cafe remained cordoned off with a highly visible police presence. Onlookers and journalists lingered, with some people leaving flowers and messages of support.

    A large screen atop the building that houses the Starbucks displayed messages that said "#prayforjakarta" and "Indonesia Unite."

    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.

    Risti Amelia, an accountant at a company near the Starbucks said she was "still shaking and weak" when she returned to her office Friday. But because staff remained emotional, the company decided to send workers home, she said.

    Supporters of the Islamic State group circulated a claim of responsibility for the attack on Twitter late Thursday.

    The message said attackers carried out the Jakarta assault and had planted several bombs with timers. It differed from Indonesian police on the number of attackers, saying there were four.

    The statement could not be independently verified by The Associated Press, though it resembled previous claims made by the group.

    Taufik Andri, a terrorist analyst, said although the attack ended swiftly and badly for the attackers, their aim was to show their presence and ability.

    "Their main aim was just to give impression that ISIS' supporters here are able to do what was done in Paris. It was just a Paris-inspired attack without being well prepared," he told The Associated Press. Those attacks in November killed 130 people.


     VOCABULARY

    brazen  (adj) obvious, without any ​attempt to be ​hidden:

    caliphate  (n.) an ​Islamic state, ​especially one ​ruled by a ​single religiousand ​political leader

    outskirts (n.) (of ​cities and ​towns) the ​areas that ​form the ​edge:

    citing 

    cite (v.)

    to mention something as proof for a theory or as a reasonwhy something has happened

                to speak or write words taken from a particular writer or written work

    specialized law to officially name or mention someone or something in a law court, or to officially request someone to appear in a court of law:

    to praise someone in the armed forces publicly because of their brave actions:

     

    led 

    light-emitting ​diode: a ​device that ​produces a ​light, ​especially on ​electronic equipment

    หรือ ๮่อ๫2 ๦อ๫ lead

     

     raid.(n.) a short sudden attack, usually by a small group of people:

     the act of entering a place by force in order to steal from it

     an occasion when the police enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something:

     

     footage (n.) film especially one ​showing an ​event:

     

     Escorted (v.)

    to go with a ​person or ​vehicle, ​especially to make ​certain that he, she, or it ​leaves or ​arrives safely:

    to go with someone and show them a ​place:

     

    subsequently

    happening after something else:


     Vests (n.)  a piece of clothing like a jacket without sleeves, that is worn over other clothes for warmth or protection:

     

    established (adj)

    accepted or respected because of having existed for a longperiod of time

     

    grave (n.)

    a place in the ground where a dead person is buried:

     

    sympathizers (n.)

    a person who supports a political organization or believes in a set of ideas:

     

    stamped out 

    to get rid of something that is wrong or harmful:

     

    extremist  (n.)

    someone who has beliefs that most people think are unreasonable and unacceptable:

     

    remnants  (n.)

    a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount:

     

    instigated  (v.)

    to cause an event or situation to happen by making a set of actions or a formal process begin:

     

    cordoned 

    cordon off something

    to close an area to people and vehicles:

     

    declaring 

     to announce something clearly, firmly, publicly, or officially:

     

     condemnation  (v.)

    to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moralreasons:

    circulated 

    to go around or through something, or to make something go around or through something:

    to move around at a party, etc., talking to different people :

     

    assault (n.)

     a violent attack:

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