IG claimed responsibility for the attack in Jakarta – BBC Russian

The group “Islamic State”, banned in Russia, claimed responsibility for the attack in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, which took place on Thursday.

According to the statement released on social networks , supporters of the IG attacked members of the “coalition of the crusaders” as they called the group of countries at war with insurgents in Iraq and Syria, headed by the United States.

In a statement the organization said that four of the attackers were armed with suicide belts and small arms. In addition, at the time of the attack, they blew up a bomb threat earlier.

Earlier, a message about the involvement of IG for the attack in Jakarta appeared on the channel Aamaaq news in the Telegram. This account is called the news agency organization. According to the statement, the aim of the militants were foreigners and protecting their representatives from law enforcement.

The attack took place on Thursday morning, several explosions at first, and then the shooting started. Indonesian authorities said that militants were trying to repeat the November terrorist attack in Paris when it was attacked several places.

The attack killed seven people, five of which were fighters.

The police said, that the organization of terrorist attacks is a citizen of Indonesia Bahrun Hiring, which is now in Syria. Recruiting Group, according to police, it is associated with the IG. From the beginning, the authorities do not rule out that the organization of the attack is just “Islamic state”.