It’s official: ISIS Islamic State conducted terror attack on foreigners in Jakarta, Indonesia

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It’s official: The Jakarta attack on tourism was conducted by ISIS. In a statement the terror group posted:

It’s official: The Jakarta attack on tourism was conducted by ISIS. In a statement the terror group posted:

“Islamic State fighters carried out an armed attack this morning targeting foreign nationals and the security forces charged with protecting them in the Indonesian capital,” Islamic State-affiliated Aamaaq news agency says via Reuters.

In this attack a Canadian citizen was killed in the Jakarta attack, police said, as cited by local media. Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders said a Dutch citizen has been seriously injured in the attack.

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Hand-written list by Jakarta hospital of victims in today’s terror attack

Media reports suggest that the death toll in Jakarta attacks has reached 17: five terrorists, five police officers and seven civilians.

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Juergen T Steinmetz

Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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