REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- A family member has received the body of a Canadian national who fell victim to a bomb blast on Jakarta's main road that claimed seven lives on Thursday.
"The body of a Canadian national Amer Quali Taher has been handed over to his family member," Indonesian Police spokesperson Senior Commissioner Suharsono stated here on Monday.
Taher, a 70-year-old resident of Laval, Quebec, was shot dead by an attacker outside a Starbucks coffee shop where the stand-off took place in Jakarta.
Other civilian casualties include an Indonesian national Rais Karna, whose body has been claimed his family and buried.
"The body of the other victim, Rais, has also been taken and buried by his family," Suharsono noted.
Moreover, Suharsono also remarked that four bodies of the suspected Jakarta attackers are still at the Police's Said Sukanto Hospital in East Jakarta.
The suspected attackers have been identified as 26-year-old Dian Joni Kurniadi, Afif alias Sunakin, 40-year-old Muhammad Ali who were shot dead by the police, and Ahmad Muhazin who was the suicide bomber.
At least six bombs were detonated outside a shopping plaza in Central Jakarta's business district during the attack that started at 10:40 a.m. local time, and exchange of fire was reported shortly.
All security personnel present near the location rushed to the crime scene and took control of the situation within three to four hours.
The Jakarta Regional Police spokesman Mohammad Iqbal pointed out that the use of home-assembled arms by the terrorists during the Jakarta attack could only be confirmed after an on-site investigation.
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