7 killed, 20 injured in Jakarta's suicide bombing
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E-mail Xinhua, January 14, 2016
Seven people including two suicide bombers were killed and 20 others injured in suicide blasts in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, on Thursday, M. Iqbal, Jakarta police spokesman said.
![Policemen are seen at the explosion site in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 14, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20160114/001aa0ba3c1618019d8304.jpg "Policemen are seen at the explosion site in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 14, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]") |
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Policemen are seen at the explosion site in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 14, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] |
At least six explosions were heard in the shopping mall of Sarinah, with fire exchanges between suspected terrorists and police taking place around the mall premises.
The explosions took place around 10:40 a.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB) in the shopping mall, which is a few blocks away from the presidential palace.
Indonesia Police Chief General Badrodin Haiti said security in the presidential palace has been beefed up after explosions and fire exchanges with attackers at the heart of the capital city.
"Yes, there are more deployment of force (in the palace)," Badrodin said, but he did not go into details on either the number or security measures taken in the palace to respond to the attacks.
The strikes occurred after the police got warning that the Islamic State (IS) group would launch attacks in Indonesia, Brigadier General Anton Charliyan told reporters at the scene.
"It is clear that from the warning given by IS group that Indonesia will have a concert, Indonesia will be an international news," he said.
Therefore, "we have given warning too," of the possible strikes, and conducted arrests of several militants in many places in the country, said Anton.
Jakarta Police spokesman M. Iqbal said in a TV telephone interview that "The explosions were allegedly from bombs, we don't know yet. Further investigation is underway at present. Our apparatus is now combing a coffee shop building at the left side of the attacked traffic police post."
Footage broadcast by Metro TV showed that some of the explosions also took place in the front yard of the shopping mall. Another footage showed two people in white clothes pointed their guns to the street direction, and gave orders to their colleagues who followed behind.
The TV reported that at least 14 people were involved in the shootout with police. A witness said that among those killed in the incident was a foreigner.
The TV also reported that another explosion occurred in Palmerah, West Jakarta.
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