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Jakarta attacks: Explosions, gunfire near Sarinah shopping mall

Patrick Hatch and Anna Prytz
Updated ,first published

Summary

  • A bomb exploded at the base of the Skyline building in Central Jakarta
  • A gunman then started shooting randomly and there was a second explosion at a police post shortly after
  • Seven people are dead
  • Indonesian officials say five of the dead were terrorists
  • Two civilians are dead, including a Dutch citizen
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National police spokesman Anton Charliyan said the terrorists were "from the ISIS group", Jewel Topsfield reports.

"The claimed Indonesia will be in the world headlines," he said. "They will have a concert".

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Indonesian cabinet secretary Pramono Anung has confirmed the numbers of seven dead, of which five were the attackers, Jewel Topsfield reports.

"One of the victims was Canadian," he said.

Twenty people have been injured, some severely.

Jakarta Police chief Tito Karnavian said the suicide bomber blew himself up outside Starbucks.

"As people started to run out of Starbucks, two men who were waiting outside started shooting," he said.

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Islamic State has been blamed for the attack.

National police spokesman Anton Charliyan said the terrorists were "from the ISIS group".

He said police seized documents before Christmas which suggested suspects were planning to "do a concert".

Read the full report from Indonesia correspondent Jewel Topsfield here.

One of the suspected attackers turning his gun on the crowd. AP
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The head of the Indonesian State Intelligence Agency,(BIN), Sutiyoso, said the situation was now under control.

"We have done a complete sweep of the area," he said.

Meanwhile police hospital Said Sukanto has released the name of one of the injured victims: Budi, from Indonesia.

Police officers examine a police post where one of the explosions went off. AP
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People are uniting behind the hashtags #PrayForJakarta and #KamiTidakTakut (Bahasa for 'We Are Not Afraid') on social media to share their shock and their support for the city and its people.

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Security is being tightened across Bali in the wake of the attack, Jewel Topsfield reports.

Bali police chief Sugeng Priyanto said he had just gathered all officials in Bali and told them to increase patrols in public areas and at consulates, airports, hotels, police posts and areas where foreigners gathered.

"All have to wear bullet proof vests," he said.

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The New York Times' Indonesia correspondent explains one reason you've heard conflicting reports today.

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This video has emerged purporting to show the second bombing near the Sarinah mall.

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Here's a timeline of terror attacks in Indonesia since the 2002 Bali bombings:

October 2002
Jemaah Islamiyah detonates three bombs at nightclubs in Bali, killing 202 people, including 88 Australians, in Indonesia's worst-ever terrorist attack.

September 2004
Ten people are killed, 150 wounded, in a car bomb explosion outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta.

May 2005
Two improvised explosives 15 minutes apart killed 22 people and wounded 40 at the Tentena market in Central Sulawesi.

October 2005
A series of car bombs and suicide bombs kill 20 people in Bali tourist spots.

July 2009
Suicide bombers strike Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in Jakarta, killing seven people, wounding 40.

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