Summary

  • Several explosions rocked Jakarta, near a popular shopping mall

  • After the initial blasts gunfire and further explosions were heard

  • Five attackers are among at least seven people killed. Some 23 people are injured

  • The so-called Islamic State group has said it carried out the attacks

Live Reporting

Penny Spiller, Claudia Allen, Alastair Lawson, Tessa Wong, Saira Asher, Heather Chen, Simeon Paterson and Naziru Mikailu

  1. A series of blasts have rocked the central business district of Jakarta, followed by gunfire. There are reports of at least two people killed.