Five of the seven people killed were among the attackers, according to Indonesian officials.
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Indonesia’s Metro TV described the three men arrested on Friday as a bomb-maker, a firearms expert and a preacher.
Some embassies in Jakarta have been closed for the day, and security has been stepped-up on the resort island of Bali.
The Islamic State group says its so-called “crusader alliance” launched the attack on innocent victims. Attackers set off bombs and exchanged gunfire outside a Starbucks cafe in Indonesia’s capital in a brazen assault Thursday that police said “imitated” the recent Paris attacks.
Supporters of the Islamic State group also circulated a claim of responsibility for the attack on Twitter late Thursday.
Police in the world’s most populous Muslim country have blamed the carnage on a network of Islamic State fighters from Southeast Asia forged in the radical jihadist group’s war in Syria and Iraq. The attackers were killed subsequently, either by their suicide vests or by police. Hewho was once sentenced to seven years in prison for his involvement in the military-style terrorist training in Aceh. Until now, the group was known only to have sympathizers with no active cells capable of planning and carrying out a plan such as Thursday’s in which five men attacked a Starbucks cafe and a traffic police booth with hand-made bombs, guns and suicide belts. It’s been confirmed that six people are dead and another 24 wounded.
The scene of the attack, in Jakarta’s downtown business area, has been sealed off with metal fences.
Associated Press photographers Dita Alangkara, Tatan Syuflana and Achmad Ibrahim fanned out Friday morning to document this attempt at recovering normal routine after a violent and frightening day.
“We need to pay very serious attention to the rise of ISIS”, Jakarta police chief Tito Karnavian told reporters outside the city’s oldest department store, Sarinah, where the attack unfolded yesterday.
The arrests of the three took place at dawn at their homes in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, police said in a text message, citing Col. Khrisna Murti, director of criminal investigations who led the raid.
Dwiyono, who called them suspected militants, said they were being questioned over possible links to the attacks.
“India unequivocally opposes terrorism in all its forms and expresses solidarity with the Government and the people of Indonesia”, it added.
A statement released by Ban Ki-moon’s spokesman said the secretary general “reaffirms that there is absolutely no justification for such acts of terrorism”.
An Indonesian and a man of dual Canadian-Algerian nationality were killed.
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Taufik Andri, a terrorist analyst, said although the attack ended swiftly and badly for the attackers, their aim was to show their presence and ability.
