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A combination of suicide bomb and gun attacks have shaken Jakarta, Indonesia. At least six explosions are reported in the city. At least four attackers and three other people are dead. (Jan. 14) AP
Indonesian police take position behind a vehicle as they pursue suspects after a series of blasts hit the Indonesia capital Jakarta on Jan. 14, 2016.(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
At least three bombs<span style="color: Red;">*</span>exploded near<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a Starbucks cafe in downtown Jakarta on Thursday while gunmen also attacked a police post and other locations in Indonesia's capital.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Seven<span style="color: Red;">*</span>people, including five<span style="color: Red;">*</span>attackers, were<span style="color: Red;">*</span>killed in the incident that now appears to be over, police said.
Up to a dozen attackers may be involved in the attacks that police said mimicked the Paris<span style="color: Red;">*</span>attacks on Nov. 13 that killed 130 people. Thursday's assaults took<span style="color: Red;">*</span>place in a busy shopping area close to many embassies and a United Nations office.
“They imitated the terror actions in Paris," said national police spokesman<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Anton Charliyan. "They are likely from the (Islamic State) group.”
In the recent Paris attacks, gunmen and suicide bombers targeted a music venue, a sports stadium and cafes and restaurants.
Tri Seranto, a bank security guard, told The Associated Press he saw at least five attackers, including three suicide bombers who exploded themselves on their way into the Starbucks in downtown Jarkarta.
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Seranto said he was out on the street when he saw the three men entering Starbucks and saw them blowing themselves up one by one. He said the other two attackers, carrying handguns, entered a police post from where he heard gunfire. He said he later saw one policeman dead and three seriously wounded.
But Charilyan, the police spokesman, denied the attackers<span style="color: Red;">*</span>blew themselves up. He said they may have thrown grenades.
Starbucks issued a statement saying that it had closed all its stores in Jakarta until further notice. The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta issued an emergency message urging U.S. citizens to avoid downtown Jakarta.
Indonesia's government confirmed that a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Dutch national and an Indonesian citizen were among the civilians killed.
“This act is clearly aimed at disturbing public order and spreading terror among people,”<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Indonesian President Joko<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Widodo said in a televised address. "The state, nation and people should not be afraid of, and lose to, such terror acts.”
Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has been a victim of several bombing attacks in the past<span style="color: Red;">*</span>claimed by Islamic militant groups. Two hotels were targeted in 2009<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in an incident that killed seven people.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A 2002 bombing on the resort island of Bali killed 202 people, the majority of them Australian nationals.
Last month, police arrested nine men and said the group had wanted to “perform a ‘concert’ to attract international news coverage of their existence here.” Police cited a document seized from the group that described the planned attacks as a “concert.”
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The country has been on high alert after authorities said they had foiled a plot by Islamic militants to attack government officials, foreigners and others.
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An Indonesian policeman fires his handgun towards suspects outside a cafe after a series of blasts hit the Indonesia capital Jakarta on Jan. 14, 2016.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
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