After Attacks in Jakarta, Nine Victims Still Bring Treated

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Nine victims of last weeks terror attacks on a police station and Starbucks Coffee shop near Sarinah Department store at Thamrin Boulevard in Central Jakarta are still undergoing medical treatment, police said.

"Two police officers who fell victim during the incident on January 14 last week have checked out of hospitals. The number of victims who were still undergoing medical treatment now remains at nine persons," National Police Chief Spokesman Insp. Gen. Anton Charliyan said on Tuesday.

Anton has previously accompanied the National Police chief, Gen Badrodin Haiti, during a visit to Abdi Waluyo Hospital in Central Jakarta to visit a number of victims who were still being treated.

The number of victims of the January 14 terror attack totaled 34, including eight who died.

Of the eight people who died, four are suspected terrorists, namely Dian Joni Kurniadi, Afif alias Sunakim, M. Ali and Ahmad Muhazin.

On Thursday (Jan 14), a terrorist launched a suicide attack on a police station at Thamrin Boulevard near the Sarinah Department Store, which was followed by a shootout between terrorists and the police at the Starbucks Coffee shop adjacent to the Sarinah Department store.

Within hours, the police were able to thwart the attackers, killing two of them, while two others died in the suicide bombings, one at the police station and the other one inside the Starbuck Coffee shop.

The incident also left four civilians dead, 26 injured, including police personnel. One civilian died at a hospital three days after the attack.

The dead civilians were Amel Quali Tamer, a Canadian, Sugito, a courier, Rico Hermawan and Rais Karna, who died at hospital three days later.

On Tuesday, Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa also visited the victims at a number of hospitals.

The minister was accompanied by National Police Chief Badrodin Haiti during the visits to the hospitals.

The minister observed the condition of the victims at Cipto Mangunkusumo Public Hosptial, RSPAD Gatot Subroto Army Hospital, Abdi Waluyo Hospital and Tarakan Hospital.

The minster also handed out compensation assistance as tokens of the governments care and sympathy for the victims.

Police have confirmed that they are pursuing other suspected terrorists linked to last Thursdays attacks in Jakarta.

"It is true that we have made an effort to arrest (other suspects) in the bomb attacks near the Sarinah (Department Store), but we cannot yet give further information about it," Chief of the Jakarta Metropolitan Polices Public Relations Service Senior Commissioner Muhammad Iqbal said on Sunday.

He also could not disclose the number of suspected terrorists who have been arrested in the wake of the attacks or the locations of the arrests, since the investigation is ongoing.

Iqbal confirmed that the police searched the houses of people suspected of involvement in the Jakarta bombing.

He said Sugito, who was earlier suspected of involvement in the attacks, was a civilian who was killed in the attacks.

"Sugito, who worked as a courier, was a civilian. He was not a suspected terrorist," he said.

After conducting an investigation, the police came to the conclusion that Sugito was a civilian.

Therefore, the number of suspected terrorists killed in the attack is four, instead of five, as reported earlier.

ANTARA