"Islamic State fighters carried out an armed attack this morning targeting foreign nationals and the security forces charged with protecting them in the Indonesian capital", Aamaaq news agency, which is allied to the group, said on its Telegram channel.
Charliyan said that the group had earlier issued a cryptic warning, saying there would be a "concert in Indonesia", which had prompted police to beef up security ahead of New Year celebrations. Police added that around twenty people, including an Algerian, were wounded.
Witnesses to the carnage also on Thursday said a powerful explosion ripped through a branch of U.S. coffee giant Starbucks before at least one gunman emerged and began shooting at bystanders, reloading his weapon as police flooded the streets.
Suicide attackers struck the Indonesian capital on Thursday, with a series of explosions and gunfire that tore through a Starbucks cafe and shook an embassy district in the Muslim-majority nation.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Thursday's attack in central Jakarta left residents in Indonesia's capital in fear for about five hours, until police said the area was secure.
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"ISIS is behind this attack, definitely", he told reporters.
It "sounds like the Paris attack to me", Baer said.
The entire episode lasted about half an hour, Douglas said, and took place in a busy part of Jakarta's downtown that is populated with many offices, hotels and embassies.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said the attack should "strengthen our resolve to work effectively together to combat the scourge of terrorism".
The attackers responded with grenades and fired back, the police spokesman said. Later, Jakarta police spokesman Col. Muhammad Iqbal said four of the attackers were killed, and their bodies retrieved.
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It also confirmed that all its Jakarta stores would be closed until further notice.
Jakarta police are searching for other suspects in the attack.
A candlelit protest has been held in Surabaya, Eastern Java island to condemn the attacks.
It is not yet clear what group was behind the assault, which President Joko Widodo called an "act of terror".
Gunshots were heard after the midmorning explosion in front of the Sarinah shopping mall and a police station.
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"It's less than one-and-a-half kilometres to the palace, it's basically where the centre of government is", he said. "It was right across the street, kitty-corner to the office, about 100 metres", the 44-year-old told The Canadian Press. Terrorists haven't had the capacity to mount any major attacks since 2009, when suicide bombers attacked the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta.
Indonesia has been wary of the danger of Islamist militants in recent weeks.
Two alleged sympathizers of the Islamic State were arrested January 9 in Indonesia by the national police anti-terror squad.
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