Live: ISIS Officially Claims Responsibility for Jakarta Attacks

Malaysia’s police chief says police have raised security alert to the highest level following Jakarta attack.

• Multiple explosions rock the capital city of Indonesia; 7 reported killed.
  
• Five attackers have been killed, including one foreigner, reports Reuters.
  
• No indications that Islamic State militants are behind the attack, says intelligence chief.
  
• President calls Jakarta blasts an ‘act of terror’.
  
• Armed forces at the scene to handle the situation.
• #kamitidaktakut (We are not afraid) trending in Indonesia.
  

Islamic State officially claimed responsibility for the gun and bomb assault in the centre of Jakarta earlier in the day that killed seven people, five of whom were attackers.

A group of soldiers of the caliphate in Indonesia targeted a gathering from the crusader alliance that fights the Islamic State in Jakarta through planting several explosive devices that went off as four of the soldiers attacked with light weapons and explosive belts

Statement by ISIS

Islamic State’s statement said there were 15 people killed but the official tally according to the Indonesian government is seven. A news agency affiliated to Islamic State had earlier reported the group’s responsibility.

An explosion heard in central Jakarta near the area of a militant attack earlier on Thursday was believed to be a tyre bursting and not another bomb, police said on Thursday.

There was the sound of an explosion, suspected to be from a truck tyre. But we don’t want to underestimate anything. We want to keep things secure.

Police Spokesman Mohammad Iqbal to Reuters

Fresh explosions were heard in the city of Jakarta, Indonesia near the place where seven people died – five bombers and two civilians – few hours ago. The suicide bombers opened fire in several places before blowing themselves up.

Jakarta Police chief has said that the Islamic State or ISIS is behind the terror attack on the city.

According to a report by Reuters, seven people have been killed in the attack – five of which were the attackers themselves.

The Indonesian police have named a militant called Bahrun Naim, believed to be in Syrian city of Raqqa, to be responsible for the attack.

This is an indication that he has been learning from the Paris attacks and he has studied the strategy. I still have doubts about the capability of the local militants to carry out attacks on a bigger scale. But it is a possibility.

Harits Abu Ulya, Person Known to Bahrun Naim