A suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up outside an Indonesian police station Tuesday, injuring one officer in an attack officials said was linked to the Islamic State group.
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Widodo called for people to remain alert after the attack, which happened on the last day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and a day before Eid.
Militants attacked a Starbucks in Jakarta, the capital, and killed four people.
“Tomorrow we are entering Idul Fitri and I have ordered the police chief to pursue the (terrorist) network, arrest and reveal those behind this suicide bombing”, said Joko.
Surakarta, also known as Solo, is the birthplace of Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
General Condro said the officer injured during the attack is in stable condition and the police are standing by for investigators from the counter-terrorism unit Detachment 88 to take over the case.
There was no a report of damage at the police station.
According to local media, the lone suicide bomber, who detonated the explosive at about 7.30am local time, was the only person who died in the attack.
A crackdown had weakened the most risky networks, but the emergence of the militant Islamic State (IS) group has proved a potent new rallying cry for radicals.
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Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, has suffered several deadly attacks blamed on Islamist militants since the early 2000s. The city is home to the fundamentalist Al Mukmin Islamic boarding school founded by Abu Bakar Bashir, the aging spiritual leader of the Bali bombers, which produced a generation of violent militants.
