JAKARTA: The Islamic State-linked group, Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), is believed to be behind the suicide bombings at a busy bus terminal in East Jakarta on Wednesday night (May 24), according to Indonesian and regional security sources.
Both suicide bombers were from JAD, an Indonesian security source told Channel NewsAsia.
JAD, which was classified as a terrorist organisation by the US State Department in January this year, was formed in 2015 and is based in Indonesia. It is made up of almost two dozen Indonesian extremist groups that pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
JAD is headed by imprisoned Muslim cleric Aman Abdurrahman who is accused of masterminding last January's attack in central Jakarta.
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