An Indonesian toddler has died of bird flu, bringing the country’s toll to 21, an official said today.

A three-year-old boy has died of bird flu in central Indonesia, a senior health official said today.

The US warned that extremists may be planning more terrorist attacks against its interests in Indonesia, as the Southeast Asian country’s defence minister said he was now “extremely sure” that the al-Qaida-linked group Jemaah Islamiyah was behind this week’s hotel bombing in Jakarta.