• Indonesia Police make line near one of bomb blast locations. Achmad Ibrahim / AP Photo
    Indonesia Police make line near one of bomb blast locations. Achmad Ibrahim / AP Photo
  • Police officers are deployed near the site. Dita Alangkara / AP Photo
    Police officers are deployed near the site. Dita Alangkara / AP Photo
  • An unidentified man with a gun walks in the street as people run in the background on Thamrin street near Sarinah shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. Veri Sanovri / Xinhua via AP
    An unidentified man with a gun walks in the street as people run in the background on Thamrin street near Sarinah shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. Veri Sanovri / Xinhua via AP
  • Police officers take their position near the site where an explosion went off in Jakarta. Dita Alangkara / AP Photo
    Police officers take their position near the site where an explosion went off in Jakarta. Dita Alangkara / AP Photo
  • Smoke billows from an explosion. Christian Hubel via AP
    Smoke billows from an explosion. Christian Hubel via AP
  • It was not clear yet which group but ISIL issued a cryptic warning before Thursday’s attacks, according to national police spokesman Anton Charliyan. Dita Alangkara / AP Photo
    It was not clear yet which group but ISIL issued a cryptic warning before Thursday’s attacks, according to national police spokesman Anton Charliyan. Dita Alangkara / AP Photo
  • Police said four of the attackers and three civilians were killed in the brazen attacks. Roni Bintang / EPA
    Police said four of the attackers and three civilians were killed in the brazen attacks. Roni Bintang / EPA
  • No one has claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attacks, which took place in front of the Sarinah shopping mall on Thamrin Street that prompted a security lockdown in central Jakarta and enhanced checks all over the crowded city of 10 million. Roni Bintang / EPA
    No one has claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attacks, which took place in front of the Sarinah shopping mall on Thamrin Street that prompted a security lockdown in central Jakarta and enhanced checks all over the crowded city of 10 million. Roni Bintang / EPA
  • An Indonesian policeman fires his handgun towards suspects outside a cafe. Bay Ismoyo / AFP Photo
    An Indonesian policeman fires his handgun towards suspects outside a cafe. Bay Ismoyo / AFP Photo
  • Tri Seranto, a bank security guard, said he saw at least five attackers, including three who triggered explosions at the Starbucks. It was not immediately clear if they exploded bombs or grenades. Beawiharta / Reuters
    Tri Seranto, a bank security guard, said he saw at least five attackers, including three who triggered explosions at the Starbucks. It was not immediately clear if they exploded bombs or grenades. Beawiharta / Reuters
  • A witness said the attack involved an unknown number of assailants with grenades and guns, at least one on a motorcycle. Darren Whiteside / Reuters
    A witness said the attack involved an unknown number of assailants with grenades and guns, at least one on a motorcycle. Darren Whiteside / Reuters
  • After the first explosions a gun battle broke out between the attackers and antiterror police squads, and gunfire could be heard more than an hour later. Tatan Syuflana / AP Photo
    After the first explosions a gun battle broke out between the attackers and antiterror police squads, and gunfire could be heard more than an hour later. Tatan Syuflana / AP Photo
  • The area has many luxury hotels, and offices and embassies. The other set of explosions were in neighbourhoods where the embassies of Turkey and Pakistan are located. Bagus Indahono / EPA
    The area has many luxury hotels, and offices and embassies. The other set of explosions were in neighbourhoods where the embassies of Turkey and Pakistan are located. Bagus Indahono / EPA

Asia

Jakarta attacks — in pictures

Mark Asquith

January 14, 2016

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At least three people were killed in downtown Jakarta on Thursday when attackers set off multiple explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area, waging gun battles with police and leaving bodies in the streets.

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