Jakarta — US Vice-President Mike Pence said on Friday an attack in central Paris is the latest reminder terrorism can strike anywhere at anytime, and the US would not relent in its efforts to end terrorism. "The people of Indonesia can be confident in the wake of this latest attack: We will not relent in our effort to end terrorism and the threat it presents to both of our peoples," Pence said at a roundtable with businessmen in Jakarta, where he was ending a two-day visit to Southeast Asia’s largest economy. A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in central Paris on Thursday night in an attack carried out days before presidential elections and quickly claimed by the Islamic State (IS) militant group. President François Hollande said he was convinced the "cowardly killing" on the Champs Elysees Avenue, in which the assailant was himself shot dead by police, was an act of terrorism. Indonesia, the world’s largest Moslem-majority nation, has itself been hit by a ...
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