Police: IS-Linked Group Likely Carried Out Deadly Jakarta Attack

Indonesian officials say they suspect an Islamic State-linked group is responsible for Thursday's coordinated bomb and gun attack in the capital that left seven people dead, including all five attackers. The militants, who attacked an upscale neighborhood in central Jakarta, were likely trying to imitate the recent Paris terror attacks, according to Indonesia's national polices spokesman Anton Charliyan. The violence began with a series of explosions mid-morning in an area near...

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