The attacker, identified as Syahrial Alamsyah alias Abu Rara, was apprehended at the scene, along with his wife, Fitria Diana (20), who stabbed a local sub-district police chief, Commissioner Dariyanto, in the back. Abu Rara said he was not part of a terror cell and he only decided to make the attack when he heard a helicopter and found out the Wiranto was visiting. Authorities said Abu Rara had previously been under observation because of his collection of knives. While officials said the attacker was believed to a member of JAD, some conservative Muslim politicians claimed the attack was staged, such as Hanum Rais (daughter of Muslim leader Amien Rais). Harits Abu Ulya, a spokesman for a group called the Community of Ideological Islamic Analyst (CIIA), claimed Wiranto himself was partly to blame for the attack because the minister's statements had hurt people's feelings.