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Jakarta blasts: Bombs and gunfire in Indonesian capital | |
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A series of bomb blasts have rocked the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, followed by reports of continuing gunfire and at least three people killed. | |
Blasts hit several locations, including the Sarinah shopping centre, near the presidential palace and UN offices. | |
A BBC reporter at the scene said police have cordoned off the area. He said they were occasionally taking cover behind cars. | |
There is no indication yet of who might be behind the assault. | |
Indonesia has been attacked by Islamist militant groups in the past and has been on high alert. | Indonesia has been attacked by Islamist militant groups in the past and has been on high alert. |
'Gunfire right now' | |
National police spokesman told AFP people had been warned to stay indoors in case of further explosions. | National police spokesman told AFP people had been warned to stay indoors in case of further explosions. |
A UN official, Jeremy Douglas, told the BBC had been about 150m away from one of the blasts near the UN building. | |
"Then we ran into the building. We heard a third explosion. We got up to our office on the tenth floor and we heard a fourth, a fifth and a sixth. | "Then we ran into the building. We heard a third explosion. We got up to our office on the tenth floor and we heard a fourth, a fifth and a sixth. |
"There is gunfire going on in the street right now." | "There is gunfire going on in the street right now." |
A Reuters photographer said one explosion had been at a Starbucks cafe, with its windows blown out. | |
He said police appeared to be aiming guns at a man on the roof of the building. | |
This is the first major attack on Jakarta since the 2009 bombing of the Marriot and Ritz hotels. | |
The BBC's Karishma Vaswani says Jakarta police had been warning of a possible attack for some time, but that this appears to be a very different style of attack from those seen in the city before. |