Jakarta blasts: 'A loud bang boom, it felt like an earthquake'


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 14 Jan 2016

A general view shows the scene of a bomb blast at a police station in front of a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia - EPA

Gunfire and explosions in Jakarta killed at least four people Thursday.

Witnesses said a powerful blast ripped through a Starbucks cafe in the city centre - near a cluster of embassies and United Nations offices - and a nearby police post was badly damaged.

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