Terrorist Attack in Jakarta, Indonesia.

[Daniel808]

Jakarta: Indonesia capital Jakarta was rocked by multiple blasts on Thursday morning, leaving at least four dead. Also, 10-14 gunmen are said to be on the run and are being engaged by the police.

Eyewitness accounts suggest that there have been at least six explosions, all in central Jakarta, very near to the United Nations office.

The biggest of the explosions occurred near a Starbucks Cafe, close to a shopping centre called the Sarinah mall along the busy Jalan Thamrin.

Media reports claimed that bodies are lying around the site. Sketchy details emerging out of Jakarta added that a police officer is among those dead even as the police are trying to locate the terrorists.

News wire AFP reports that a police post in the centre of the city was damaged by several bomb blasts and at least three casualties were seen in the street.

"Four people died, one police officer and three civilians," national police spokesman Anton Charliyan told AFP.

"For now the gunfire has stopped but they are still on the run, we are afraid there will be more gunshots."

Local media reports now claim that more explosions are being reported from other parts of the city.

LIVE: 4 dead in Jakarta terror bombings, 10-14 gunmen on the run | Zee News

Crazy Terrorist

 

[Economic superpower]

Disgusting terrorists!

RIP to the deceased.

 

[MarveL]

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[cnleio]

RIP to the dead and speedy recovery to the injured.

 

[MarveL]

Al-Fatihah to the fallens..

ISIS take responsibilities for the 6 granades explosion & gunfires in Jakarta.

Nonstop live News-TV streaming from the blast location..

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[Tshering22]

I hope everyone is safe.

Indonesian Army commandos should crush them.

We will pray for you. Show them what is the consequence of screwing with Southeast Asia's most powerful military.

By the way, if there is a resultant military change in acquisitions, please go for more weapons of your domestic equipment or equipment from non power suppliers. The more we buy from big powers the more conflicts happen.

 

[TaiShang]

RIP to the deceased. Speedy recovery to the injured. Successful manhunt to the security officers.

Wish the best to our Indonesian friends.

 

[Sipahi]

RIP.

Coward attack.

 

[pak-marine]

Jakarta attacks: Bombs and gunfire rock Indonesian capital

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Media captionEyewitness Jeremy Douglas: "We heard a third [explosion]...a fourth, a fifth, a sixth"
A series of bomb blasts have rocked the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, followed by gun battles on the streets.

The blasts were centred around Thamrin Street, a major shopping and business district close to embassies and the United Nations offices.

Police say four suspected attackers are among at least six people killed. It is not yet clear what group was behind the assault.

President Joko Widodo has called for calm but condemned the "act of terror".

"We all are grieving for the fallen victims of this incident, but we also condemn the act that has disturbed the security and peace and spread terror among our people," he said.

LIVE coverage of Jakarta attacks

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Image captionHeavily armed police are on the streets of the capital
Images from Jakarta have showed several bodies lying on the road outside a cafe, as well as seriously injured people being carried away.

Details remain unclear, but at least one of the blasts hit a Starbucks cafe outside the Sarinah shopping centre and next to a police security post.

Eyewitnesses say several attackers entered the cafe and detonated explosives.

Gunfire broke out after police arrived at the scene and there were several further explosions and reports of police chasing suspects.

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Image captionThere were reports of police chasing suspects

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Image captionPolice urged people to stay indoors in case of further explosions
Armed police, snipers and armoured vehicles were deployed on the streets of the capital.

BBC Indonesian reporter, Jerome Wirawan said police cordoned off the area around the shopping centre.

A UN official, Jeremy Douglas, told the BBC he was about 150m away from one of the first blasts near the UN's 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."

A few hours later, police said four attackers had been killed.

National Police Deputy Chief Commander Gen Budi Gunawan said two had been killed in a shootout outside a theatre and two others blew themselves up at the police post in front of Starbucks.

Indonesia has been attacked by Islamist militant groups in the past and was on high alert over the new year period after threats from the so-called Islamic State (IS).

National police spokesman Anton Charliyan said while it was not yet clear who carried out the attack, IS had warned of a "concert in Indonesia" which would be international news.

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Image captionAt least one police officer was injured inside the Starbucks cafe

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Image captionPolice cordoned off the area around the cafe
'Maximum damage': Karishma Vaswani, BBC News

Jakarta police have been saying for some time that an attack on Indonesian soil may be just a matter of time.

Although it isn't yet clear who is behind these attacks, they appear designed to inflict maximum damage.

Although no-one has claimed responsibility for these attacks, in the last few years there have been anywhere between 150-200 Indonesians who it is thought have gone to Syria to fight with IS.

Many have since returned and the police have thought that they might be preparing an attack in Indonesia.

Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation but by and large is secular, although in recent years the threat of radicalism has remained high as small networks of militants are still thought to be operating in the country.

 

[Serpentine]

RIP.

Waiting for ISIS rodents to claim responsibility for this, as they proudly do for any terrorist attack around the world.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

RIP

Terror attacks happening all over the world recently.

 

[Aero]

RIP

Terrorism needs to be wiped from face of earth.

 

[Serpentine]

Amateur terrorists. Bomb explodes in their face.

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[Kambojaric]

RIP and stay strong. Any updates on who the attackers were and their motive behind the attack?

 

[Nike]

RIP and stay strong. Any updates on who the attackers were and their motive behind the attack?

They were Daesh affiliates, so far their motives is part of world wide effort to create mayhem and chaos

Seven dead and more than twenty is wounded, among the deads five of them is suspects and Police forces successfully catch the rest with some of them is non Indonesian residents. There is no officer among the dead, but some is heavily wounded because of the blasts and munition rounds.