Jakarta (Indonesia Window) – Saudi leader King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on Sunday sent a cable of condolences to the Indonesian President Joko Widodo, expressing sympathy for the victims of a passenger plane crash in north Jakarta on Saturday (Jan. 9), Saudi Press Agency reported.

In his cable, the King said, “We learned of the crash of a passenger plane in  north Jakarta, resulting in victims, and as we sent your excellency, the families of the dead and the people of sisterly Republic of Indonesia, the warmest condolences and sincere consolation.”

“We supplicate that may the Highly Exalted bestows His abundant mercy and condone upon the dead and inspire their kin patience and solace and preserve you and the people of the Republic of Indonesia against every harm and mischief, He is the Oft-Hearer, the All-Responder.”

Meanwhile, the Crown Prince said, “I was informed of the crash of a passenger plane in north Jakarta, resulting in victims, and as I sent your excellency, the families of all the dead, I express utmost condolences and sincere consolation, supplicating that may Allah the Far Exalted bestows His abundant mercy upon the dead, He is the Oft-Hearer, the All-Responder.”

Reporting by Indonesia Window