Jakarta attacks: Islamic State responsible, police say

“… fighters from the Islamic State carried out this morning an armed attack that targeted foreigners and the security forces tasked with protecting them in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta”. Outside, two gunmen opened fire, killing a Canadian and wounding an Indonesian, he said. This led to a 15-minute gunfight, he said.

The Reuters news agency, citing an unidentified police source, said the Canadian and a police officer were killed in the attack.

The last major militant attacks in Jakarta were in July 2009, with bombs at the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels. “Chaos & we’re going into lock-down”, he wrote. Five explosions occurred during the attacks.

“I heard a loud bang, boom”.

Four police officers were inside and are now in critical condition, Charliyan said.

An explosion was heard in the western suburb of Palmerah, according to a domestic media tweet, but police said they could not confirm a blast there.

Armoured personnel on the streets of Jakarta. “It was pretty insane”.

A Starbucks, Pizza hut and Burger King lie across the road next to the Djakarta Theater XXI cinema, while the five-star Sari Pan Pacific Jakarta hotel is the next building along and United Nations and government offices are also nearby.

Three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a local Starbucks, resulting only in one person taken away injured and another treated at the scene, besides the casualties of the bombers themselves.

Indonesia has been the scene of several bombing attacks in the past, claimed by Islamic militant groups.

Indonesian authorities said that five attackers had been shot dead, though it was not immediately clear if others were involved.

Jan 14, 2016- The so-called Islamic State (IS) was behind a series of explosions and gun attacks in the capital Jakarta, an IS-linked news agency and police say. “But thank God it didn’t happen”.

“So we think… their plan was to attack people and follow it up with a larger explosion when more people gathered”.

“We are deeply saddened by the senseless acts that have taken place in Jakarta today; our hearts are with the people of Indonesia.” a statement from Starbucks read.

“This act is clearly aimed at disturbing public order and spreading terror among people”, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said in a televised address.

“The state, nation and people should not be afraid of, and lose to, such terror acts”, he added.

At least seven people are dead after militants launched a coordinated bomb and gun assault on the Indonesian capital Jakarta in what police have described as a copycat Paris terror attack.

Police have been commended for breaking down terror networks in Indonesia, including Jemaah Islamiyah, the perpetrators of the 2002 Bali bombing, in which a nightclub was bombed.

Tri Seranto, a bank security guard, told The Associated Press he saw at least five attackers, including three suicide bombers who exploded themselves on their way into the Starbucks in downtown Jarkarta.