An Indonesian police official carries a bag containing evidence following a search on the house of suspected terrorist Muhammad Ali in Jakarta on January 15, 2016 who died in the January 14, 2016 bomb attack in Jakarta.
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The alleged mastermind behind this week’s attack, an Indonesian citizen fighting with IS in Syria, is believed to have used social media extensively to share his beliefs about Islamic State and communicate with contacts in Indonesia using blog posts and mobile messaging apps.
The militant attacks in Indonesia’s capital have claimed a third victim, with a man dying overnight from gunshot wounds to the head, police said today.
The source said the arrests were made in a series of raids in Bekasi and Cirebon, in West Java, and Tegal in Central Java.
In recent years, Indonesian counterterrorism forces successfully stamped out the extremist group Jemaah Islamiah that was responsible for several attacks, including the 2002 bombings of bars in Bali that killed 202 people, as well as two hotel bombings in Jakarta in 2009 that killed seven people.
At least two militants also attacked the police box in the centre of the intersection in a suicide bomb attack.
Police on Saturday also released the names of the eight killed.
Rood said that although Muslims in Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries are moderate, the governments must nevertheless win over communities in order to prevent their radicalization.
Police had originally stated that five of those who died in the incident were militants, but on Sunday announced that one had been mistakenly identified.
Police said they are still investigating the role of a fifth man known as Sugito.
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The other civilians killed were Canadian Amer Quali Tahar and Jakarta residents Rico Hermawan and Rais Karna, who died of his injuries yesterday.
