Indonesian police arrest 3 after attack, hunt for other militants

Indonesian police arrested three alleged attackers in a pre-dawn raid at outskirt of Jakarta on Friday and hunted for other jihadists across the nation, a day after bombings and gun attacks in the country's capital, police spokesman said here.

The three persons were allegedly linked with the deadly blasts at a police station and a western branded Starbucks coffee shop on Thursday that killed seven and injured 20 others, said Brig. General Anton Charliyan, spokesman of the national police.

"We found some IS flags in one of the suspects' house, so we can ensure that the blast is linked with the Islamic State," he said at the national police headquarters.

The spokesman said that the national police anti-terror squad has been hunting for other jihadists across the country.

"The police anti-terror squad keep intensively hunting for their target," Anton said.

The three suspects are now being detained at a police office in Depok town, Anton said.

The indonesian police blamed the IS the bombing attacks in the capital.

As many as 800 Indonesians have joined the IS group in Syria and Iraq, according to Said Agil Siraj, chairman of Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization of Nahdlatul Ulema. Endit