After the suicide bombing attack on a Starbucks branch in Jakarta, the Giant Coffee company decided to temporarily close the other branches in the city "until further notice".
The Indonesian capital was shocked by an explosion in the middle of a commercial hub on the midday of January 14, immediately killing two-a local and a foreigner and wounding at least 24 others.
According to witnesses' accounts and a recorded footage of the attacks, the commotion started around 10:55 am with a blast near a Starbucks on Thamrin Street, a popular destination and district for foreigners and locals with various western food chains and stores.
Jakarta Police said that aside from the bombing, the terrorists also open fired at people on the streets.
ISIS claimed responsibility on the latest terror act on the most populous Muslim country in the world. This happened two days after another terrorist attack from the extremist Islamic group on Istanbul, killing at least 10 people.
The incident was the first major attack in the city capital of Indonesia since the 2009 simultaneous attacks on the J.W. Marriott and Ritz Carlton Hotels, which recorded seven people killed. Since then, the Indonesian government has been prioritizing counterterrorism measures.
"It's concerning (to have) yet one more day and another attack in another part of the world," Gohel told CNN. "And one fears that this is potentially becoming the new normal where ISIS affiliates carry out attacks independently from the leadership based in Syria.
Indonesia is the Most Populous Muslim Country in Asia, with 87% of its population are practicing Islam, that is roughly 255 million people.
