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| Jakarta attacks: Starbucks suicide bomb blasts and gun assaults in Indonesia capital leave at least seven dead | |
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| Suicide bomb blasts and gun attacks have left at least seven people - including four militants - dead in the centre of Indonesia's capital. | |
| The apparently co-ordinated deadly assault - which police say involved up to 14 militants - follows threats by Isis to put the country in its "spotlight". | The apparently co-ordinated deadly assault - which police say involved up to 14 militants - follows threats by Isis to put the country in its "spotlight". |
| Amid an ongoing battle between militants and security services, Jakarta police spokesman Colonel Muhammad Iqbal said officers had recovered the bodies of four attackers. It was not clear if more remained at large. | Amid an ongoing battle between militants and security services, Jakarta police spokesman Colonel Muhammad Iqbal said officers had recovered the bodies of four attackers. It was not clear if more remained at large. |
| Bank security guard Tri Seranto said he saw at least five attackers, including three suicide bombers who entered a nearby Starbucks and blew themselves up. | Bank security guard Tri Seranto said he saw at least five attackers, including three suicide bombers who entered a nearby Starbucks and blew themselves up. |
| He said he saw two other men carrying handguns walk into a police post before hearing gunfire emerge from the base. | He said he saw two other men carrying handguns walk into a police post before hearing gunfire emerge from the base. |
| Mr Seranto said he later saw one policeman dead and three seriously injured. Two gunmen were seen running away with police in pursuit. | |
| Meanwhile, a Reuters photographer who witnessed the aftermath of the explosions said: "The Starbucks cafe windows are blown out. | Meanwhile, a Reuters photographer who witnessed the aftermath of the explosions said: "The Starbucks cafe windows are blown out. |
| "I see three dead people on the road. There has been a lull in the shooting but someone is on the roof of the building and police are aiming their guns at him." | "I see three dead people on the road. There has been a lull in the shooting but someone is on the roof of the building and police are aiming their guns at him." |
| Indonesian President Joko Widodo labelled the killings "acts of terror" and urged people to remain calm. | |
| He said: "Our nation and our people should not be afraid, we will not be defeated by these acts of terror, I hope the public stay calm." | |
| Blasts were also reported outside the city's United Nations office and in Cikni, Silpi and Kuningan neighborhoods - near the Turkish and Pakistani embassies. | |
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