Bali (Indonesia), January 14 – RIA Novosti, Mikhail Tsyganov. The Indonesian authorities on Thursday stepped up security measures at the world-famous resort island of Bali after a series of attacks in the capital, Jakarta, said the police chief of the province of Bali Sugeng priyant (Sugeng Priyanto).
“In connection with the events in Jakarta, I held a meeting with the top ten leaders of the provincial police, and ordered all units to be more vigilant” – quoted police news portal Detik .com.
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According to him, on the island provides enhanced patrolling of vital installations in cooperation with the military and local authorities .
A series of explosions occurred on Thursday in the center of the Indonesian capital, near the shopping center Sarinah. After it is an area where there are also luxury hotels, embassies and office buildings, a skirmish broke out between police and terrorists. Ten people were killed, ten wounded. Jakarta police arrested four people. The President of Indonesia Joko Widodo called the incident “an act of terrorism».
According to the Department of Public Relations Jakarta Police Muhammad Iqbal (Muhammad Iqbal), the situation in the center of the capital of Indonesia normalized. At this point, no extremist group has claimed public responsibility for the terrorist attacks, however, the deputy head of the national police Budi Gunawan (Budi Gunawan) said that with high probability it is the work of a terrorist group “Islamic State” (IG, banned in Russia) .
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