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Islamic State claims responsibility of Jakarta attacks

India Blooms News Service | | Jan 15, 2016, at 03:57 am

Jakarta, Jan 14 (IBNS) The Islamic State on Thursday officially claimed responsibility for the gun and bomb assault in the heart of Indonesia's capital Jakarta in which seven people were killed.

A news agency affiliated to Islamic State has reported the group's responsibility.

The terror group in a statement also claimed that 15 people killed but Indonesian government claimed the number of deaths to be seven.

About 20 people were injured in the attack.

According to reports, four suspected attackers were also killed four arrested.

President Joko Widodo said it was a terror attack.

Three policemen and three civilians were killed as grenades exploded in an area close to the presidential palace and a UN office complex.

Indonesian TV has reported three more explosions outside the Pakistani and Turkish embassies. After the blasts, there were gunshots and massive police presence outside the popular Sarinah shopping mall.

Media reports said five attackers entered the city on motorcycles, armed with guns and explosives.

Visuals showed bodies lying on the road near a Starbucks Cafe and smoke around buildings. People were seen running or hiding behind cars.

According to media tweets, a separate explosion was heard in the west Jakarta suburb of Palmerah.

UN official Jeremy Douglas tweeted that a suicide bomber was "literally 100m from the office and my hotel." He also tweeted that a "serious exchange of fire" was on in downtown Jakarta.

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