Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings" in English language version.
...According to the Indonesian Embassy in Manila and Indonesian Consulate General in Davao, the Philippines' National Intelligence Cooperation Agency (NICA) did not see the basis of Minister Ano`s statement on Indonesians' involvement in the attack. "When contacted by the Indonesian Embassy in Manila, the NICA has informally expressed readiness to conduct joint investigation with the Indonesian government," Indonesian Ambassador to the Philippines Sinyo Harry Sarundajang noted. According to the Indonesian Embassy`s record, it was not the first time that the Philippines authority had conveyed such baseless information on the involvement of Indonesians in bomb attacks in the country. Similar claims were made in two earlier bombings in Lamitan City of Basilan Province on July 31, 2018, and in Cotabato City on New Year`s Eve. "However, the investigation showed there were no Indonesians involved in the two bombings as stated by the officials and media reports," Sarundajang remarked. The embassy will seek clarification with the Philippine Secretary of the Interior and Local Government. The government will also sent a diplomatic note to seek clarification from the Philippines and to convey objection over the absence of notification regarding the allegation of Indonesians' involvement in the Jolo bomb attack.
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Oscar Albayalde told CNN Philippines in a chance interview that while the four have been "cleared," they would still be profiled and their claims validated before they are completely delisted as persons of interest as they "do not want to make a mistake". Albayalde admits that the police made a mistake in identifying the men as suspects in the cathedral blast.
China strongly condemns the violent attacks in Sulu province of the Philippines on innocent civilians. We express our condolences to the victims and sympathies the injured and the bereaved families. China opposes all forms of terrorism and stands ready to work with the international community including the Philippines to jointly combat threats and challenges posed by terrorism and safeguard international and regional peace and stability.
The UK condemns Sunday's bomb attack in Jolo. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific and the British Ambassador have both offered their condolences.
Anti-terrorism Detachment 88 team with BIN, BNPT and representatives of the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry are scheduled to fly to the Philippines. The Indonesian team will help identify suicide bombers in the church on Jolo.
A crime committed against civilians who had congregated for church services is shocking in its cynicism and cruelty. I expect that the masterminds and perpetrators of this crime will sustain the punishment they deserve. I would like to reiterate our readiness to further step up interaction with our Philippine partners in combating the terrorist threat in all its forms and manifestations.
Last week, an investigation team sent by Indonesia to Manila to investigate the twin bombings that killed 23 people at a Jolo cathedral could not confirm Philippine claims that an Indonesian couple were behind the attack. A senior counter-terror source in Jakarta told BenarNews that there were no DNA profile of the couple, no finger prints according to the post-mortem done on body parts found at the crime scene. Since returning to Jakarta this week, the Indonesian source told BenarNews that the team of counter-terror investigators has not yet received concrete evidence from Philippine authorities on the involvement of these two Indonesian individuals.
Despite already being a part of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Sulu has voted not to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). But the province will still be part of the new Bangsamoro region.
In her official statement, Foreign Minister Retno also stated that the Indonesian Embassy in Manila and the Indonesian Consulate General in Davao were also trying to get confirmation from the news. This is part of the government's efforts to communicate with various parties in the Philippines to obtain confirmation.. "Today I will continue to communicate with the Philippine authorities to confirm it," she said again. However, said the Foreign Minister, the latest information received from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) military command, the identity and citizenship of the perpetrators of the bombing in Jolo has not been identified to date. This means that until now the information that mentions the perpetrators is still an alleged Indonesian citizen. "If it's true Indonesian citizens, that's what we will make sure of," said Foreign Minister Retno. Head of Police Public Information Section Sr. Comr. Pol. Syahar Diantono said that the PNP had not been able to ascertain the identity of the perpetrators of the suicide bombing. The police said he was still waiting for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which is currently trying to get official information about the case.
The grenade explosion at the mosque in the village of Barangay Talon-Talon on Tuesday killing two people and wounding three others. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has ordered the military and police authorities to conduct a thorough investigation on the incident as she allayed fears that the incident was a consequence of a tension between Muslims and Christians.
The Indonesian man reportedly used the nom de guerre Abu Huda and Philippine authorities said they would coordinate with their Indonesian counterparts to try to validate the identities of the two.
Efforts to verify the information was still underway and involved Indonesia's National Counter-terrorism Agency (BNPT) and Foreign Ministry, said Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto. "Relevant authorities are still investigating who exactly was behind this attack. There are still many possibilities," he said. "So don't conclude rashly that Indonesian citizens were [the perpetrators]". The government planned to deploy officials from the BNPT and the Foreign Ministry to the Philippines to gain clear understanding of the incident, said Wiranto: "We should not be trapped by a one-sided statement. We should await [the investigation].
Malaysian Deputy Home Minister Mohd Azis Jamman said he has personally informed the heads of all the enforcement agencies to boost security measures in the eastern Sabah area. In a statement, he said "I has contacted all the directors to ask them to tighten up border security because we do not want a repetition of 1972, which saw many refugees from the Philippines fleeing to Sabah amid the civil war in their country. We don't want them fleeing to Malaysia not because we are cruel, but because we don't want the conflict from our neighbouring country to spread here. As it is, Malaysia is already facing many problems regarding illegal immigrants especially in Sabah. We don't want to court more problems".
Despite already being a part of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Sulu has voted not to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). But the province will still be part of the new Bangsamoro region.
The Indonesian man reportedly used the nom de guerre Abu Huda and Philippine authorities said they would coordinate with their Indonesian counterparts to try to validate the identities of the two.
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Oscar Albayalde told CNN Philippines in a chance interview that while the four have been "cleared," they would still be profiled and their claims validated before they are completely delisted as persons of interest as they "do not want to make a mistake". Albayalde admits that the police made a mistake in identifying the men as suspects in the cathedral blast.
Last week, an investigation team sent by Indonesia to Manila to investigate the twin bombings that killed 23 people at a Jolo cathedral could not confirm Philippine claims that an Indonesian couple were behind the attack. A senior counter-terror source in Jakarta told BenarNews that there were no DNA profile of the couple, no finger prints according to the post-mortem done on body parts found at the crime scene. Since returning to Jakarta this week, the Indonesian source told BenarNews that the team of counter-terror investigators has not yet received concrete evidence from Philippine authorities on the involvement of these two Indonesian individuals.
...According to the Indonesian Embassy in Manila and Indonesian Consulate General in Davao, the Philippines' National Intelligence Cooperation Agency (NICA) did not see the basis of Minister Ano`s statement on Indonesians' involvement in the attack. "When contacted by the Indonesian Embassy in Manila, the NICA has informally expressed readiness to conduct joint investigation with the Indonesian government," Indonesian Ambassador to the Philippines Sinyo Harry Sarundajang noted. According to the Indonesian Embassy`s record, it was not the first time that the Philippines authority had conveyed such baseless information on the involvement of Indonesians in bomb attacks in the country. Similar claims were made in two earlier bombings in Lamitan City of Basilan Province on July 31, 2018, and in Cotabato City on New Year`s Eve. "However, the investigation showed there were no Indonesians involved in the two bombings as stated by the officials and media reports," Sarundajang remarked. The embassy will seek clarification with the Philippine Secretary of the Interior and Local Government. The government will also sent a diplomatic note to seek clarification from the Philippines and to convey objection over the absence of notification regarding the allegation of Indonesians' involvement in the Jolo bomb attack.
Efforts to verify the information was still underway and involved Indonesia's National Counter-terrorism Agency (BNPT) and Foreign Ministry, said Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto. "Relevant authorities are still investigating who exactly was behind this attack. There are still many possibilities," he said. "So don't conclude rashly that Indonesian citizens were [the perpetrators]". The government planned to deploy officials from the BNPT and the Foreign Ministry to the Philippines to gain clear understanding of the incident, said Wiranto: "We should not be trapped by a one-sided statement. We should await [the investigation].
China strongly condemns the violent attacks in Sulu province of the Philippines on innocent civilians. We express our condolences to the victims and sympathies the injured and the bereaved families. China opposes all forms of terrorism and stands ready to work with the international community including the Philippines to jointly combat threats and challenges posed by terrorism and safeguard international and regional peace and stability.
A crime committed against civilians who had congregated for church services is shocking in its cynicism and cruelty. I expect that the masterminds and perpetrators of this crime will sustain the punishment they deserve. I would like to reiterate our readiness to further step up interaction with our Philippine partners in combating the terrorist threat in all its forms and manifestations.
The UK condemns Sunday's bomb attack in Jolo. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific and the British Ambassador have both offered their condolences.
Malaysian Deputy Home Minister Mohd Azis Jamman said he has personally informed the heads of all the enforcement agencies to boost security measures in the eastern Sabah area. In a statement, he said "I has contacted all the directors to ask them to tighten up border security because we do not want a repetition of 1972, which saw many refugees from the Philippines fleeing to Sabah amid the civil war in their country. We don't want them fleeing to Malaysia not because we are cruel, but because we don't want the conflict from our neighbouring country to spread here. As it is, Malaysia is already facing many problems regarding illegal immigrants especially in Sabah. We don't want to court more problems".
In her official statement, Foreign Minister Retno also stated that the Indonesian Embassy in Manila and the Indonesian Consulate General in Davao were also trying to get confirmation from the news. This is part of the government's efforts to communicate with various parties in the Philippines to obtain confirmation.. "Today I will continue to communicate with the Philippine authorities to confirm it," she said again. However, said the Foreign Minister, the latest information received from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) military command, the identity and citizenship of the perpetrators of the bombing in Jolo has not been identified to date. This means that until now the information that mentions the perpetrators is still an alleged Indonesian citizen. "If it's true Indonesian citizens, that's what we will make sure of," said Foreign Minister Retno. Head of Police Public Information Section Sr. Comr. Pol. Syahar Diantono said that the PNP had not been able to ascertain the identity of the perpetrators of the suicide bombing. The police said he was still waiting for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which is currently trying to get official information about the case.
Anti-terrorism Detachment 88 team with BIN, BNPT and representatives of the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry are scheduled to fly to the Philippines. The Indonesian team will help identify suicide bombers in the church on Jolo.
The grenade explosion at the mosque in the village of Barangay Talon-Talon on Tuesday killing two people and wounding three others. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has ordered the military and police authorities to conduct a thorough investigation on the incident as she allayed fears that the incident was a consequence of a tension between Muslims and Christians.
