UAE condemns Indonesia blasts

Abu Dhabi - Shaikh Abdullah said that these criminal terrorist acts are contrary to all human values and principles of international law.

Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Foreign Minister and Chairman of National media council, has strongly condemned the bombings that targeted the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, this morning. 
Shaikh Abdullah said that these criminal terrorist acts are contrary to all human values and principles of international law, and aim to destabilise security and stability. 
He also reiterated the firm and hard position of the UAE which rejects terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, whatever the motives and justifications, stressing the country's keenness to intensify its efforts to combat these criminal acts. 
The Foreign Minister also stressed the importance of intensifying the international community's concerted efforts to ensure the eradication of the scourge of terrorism and find effective solutions to eliminate them.
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Timeline of bombings and gun battles - At about 10:50 a.m. (0450 GMT), a suicide bomber walked into a Starbucks and set off his explosives. He was the only person killed in the blast. The cafe is close to some U.N. offices and a shopping center on Thamrin Street, a major thoroughfare home to many luxury hotels, high-rise office buildings and embassies. - As customers ran out, two gunmen outside opened fire, killing a Canadian man and wounding an Indonesian. A witness, Guruh Purwanto, said the gunmen then ran into a nearby theater. - At about the same time, two other suicide bombers attacked a traffic police booth nearby, killing themselves and an Indonesian man. - Minutes later, the two gunmen attacked a group of policemen, sparking a gunbattle that lasted about 15 minutes and ended with both attackers dead. Purwanto said the two attackers blew themselves up.