Timeline Of Jakarta Attacks
Reuters has created a timeline of the attacks in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta this morning in which seven people -- including five militants -- were killed.
The full timeline can be viewed here.
The first explosion occurred near a Starbucks cafe in central Jakarta at 10.49 a.m. local time (GMT +0700 hours).
A second explosion happened just eight minutes later at 10.57. A police officer was shot at 11.00 near the explosion site. Gunfire and several explosions -- six according to local TV -- were heard.
Five policemen were shot after a clash with attackers in front of a Starbucks branch in Jakarta, Indonesian deputy police chief Budi Gunawan says.
Police in Jakarta say the situation there is now under control, and the five suspected attackers have been killed.
No group has yet claimed responsibility but police say they suspect that an IS-linked group was behind the attacks.
'IS Issued Cryptic Warning' Before Jakarta Attacks
Indonesian police said that the IS group issued a "cryptic warning" before the attacks in the capital Jakarta this morning.
"The warning said there will be a concert in Indonesia and it will be international news," he told a local radio station.
He did not give any further details, or say when the warning was issued.
Jakarta Attacks 'Following Pattern Of Paris Attacks'
A national police spokesman has told AFP that an Indonesian organization with links to the IS group is suspected of carrying out the attacks in Jakarta.
"From what we see today, this group is following the pattern of the Paris attacks," police spokesman Anton Charliyan said.
At least 17 people -- including five attackers -- have been killed in this morning's attacks in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
An Islamic State-linked group is suspected of carrying out this morning's attacks in Jakarta, AFP is reporting.
'There Are People In Madaya, But There Is No Life'
As a second convoy of aid heads to the Syrian town of Madaya, this morning, the BBC's Richard Colebourn points out that there has been no talk yet of evacuating some of the most ill and malnourished people from the town, as the UN requested this week.
"There is no comparison in what we saw in Madaya," the UN refugee agency's chief, Sajjad Malik, said after visiting the town this week.
"There are people in Madaya, but there is no life, the situation is horrible. There is no food, no light, no heating with low temperatures."