Police say black IS flag was on Jakarta attacker

At least seven people including five attackers have been killed in gun and bomb attacks in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on 14 January. Twenty people, including an Algerian, Austrian, German and Dutchman, were wounded.

In a statement late on Thursday, IS said: “A group of soldiers of the caliphate in Indonesia targeted a gathering from the crusader alliance that fights the Islamic State in Jakarta”.

The indonesian police blamed the IS the bombing attacks in the capital.

“There were five small bombs and one big one”, Haiti said. “But thank God it didn’t happen”, Charilyan said.

Karnavian said that terror Isis is “definitely” behind the attack, which Syria-based militant Bahrun Naim had been “planning for a while”.

“These terrorist attacks can occur anywhere and anytime, that’s why we are continuing to ensure that our law enforcement security and intelligence have the resources and the support that they need to keep Australians safe”, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.

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

Meanwhile, Aamaq news agency, which has links to the terror group, claimed that ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack. It differed from Indonesian police on the number of attackers, saying there were four.

Officials said the attackers were armed with light weapons and suicide belts.

The statement could not be independently verified by The Associated Press, though it resembled previous claims made by the group, which controls territory in both Iraq and Syria.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Jakarta has reported that no Vietnamese were killed or injured after terrorists carried out bombings and gunfights in several locations in the city.

Charliyan reportedly said that two of the five men involved in the attacks were previously convicted and imprisoned for terrorism offenses. “There is no place for terrorism in Indonesia”.

Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, with a tradition of religious tolerance.

It was not immediately clear whether they had direct links with the attacks.

Indonesia has seen attacks by Islamist militants before, but a coordinated assault by a team of suicide bombers and gunmen is unprecedented and had echoes of the sieges seen in Mumbai seven years ago and in Paris last November.

In the wake of the attacks, the military in the Philippines went on “heightened alert” and security was increased at train and bus stations as well as airports and malls.

“Their main aim was just to give impression that ISIS’ supporters here are able to do what was done in Paris”.

Even as the terror unfolded on the streets of Jakarta, there was confusion about who the attackers were and how many were killed, Jakarta Globe reported. The area is home to many luxury hotels, and offices and embassies, including the French.

He said the two dead civilians were a Dutch citizen and an Indonesian.

Attackers also used suicide vests to blow themselves up in a Starbucks café, popular with locals and foreigners alike, as well as assaulting a nearby police post. This led to a 15-minute gunfight, he said. Police had earlier said the explosions were caused by bombs.

Tri said he was out on the street when he saw the three men entering Starbucks.