Jakarta blasts: Three suspects arrested in West Java
Indonesian police on May 26 arrested three people suspected being linked to the suicide bombings that killed at least three police in a Jakarta bus terminal.
Scene of the Jakarta blasts (Photo: EPA/VNA)Yusri Yunus, head of the public relations department at West Java
Police, confirmed the arrests were taken place in the West Java city of
Bandung.
Previously, the Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the
attacks.
Police identified two suicide bombers as Ichwan Nurul Salam and Ahmad
Sukri, both 31 years old and living in West Java province.
Their DNA have been examined.-VNA
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