Experts such as Clarke Jones at the Australian National University said the low death toll was due to “amateurish” weaponry used by the militants.
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ISIS-linked suicide attackers struck the capital of Muslim-majority In-donesia on Thursday, executing a Canadian and blowing up a Sta-rbucks, the police said. It’s been confirmed that six people are dead and another 24 wounded.
A news agency affiliated to Islamic State has reported the groups responsibility.
The Guardian says police are still looking for gunmen believed to be held up in the Cakrawala building on Jalan Thamrin St – the site of the Starbucks cafe and United Nations headquarters.
It was the first major attack in Indonesia’s capital since the 2009 bombings of two hotels that killed seven people and injured more than 50.
A day after the terrorist attack that left seven people dead – including the attackers themselves – Indonesian authorities are still on high alert amid fears of another such incident.
Those and others were blamed on the al-Qaeda-inspired Jemaah Islamiyah.
Before the blasts occurred, Daesh had issued warning that there would be “a concert” – a term for terror acts – in Indonesia, he said.
It released a statement online saying it had been carried out by “soldiers of the Caliphate”, targeting “citizens of the Crusader coalition” against the group. Police spokesman Anton Charliyan said the suspect was not in Indonesia, but had planned and financed the attack from Syria.
A number of explosions rocked the city’s Sarinah neighborhood starting at around 10:45am local time, followed by a gun battle between attackers and police outside a Starbucks cafe that was one of the targets.
“We need to strengthen our response and preventive measures, including legislation to prevent them”, said Tito Karnavian.
Bahrun Naim is reportedly the South-East Asia leader of the network, who is believed to be in Syria, and had been hugely influenced by the Paris attacks past year.
Police are running sweeps in areas of the island of Java, where Jakarta is located, as well as in Kalimantan on Borneo and the island of Sulawesi, Mr. Charliyan said.
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.
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“Their main aim was just to give impression that ISIS’s supporters here are able to do what was done in Paris. We express condolences for those who became victims, but we all also condemn the attack that caused restlessness among the community”.
