Several Explosions Rock The Central Jakarta, With Multiple Casualties Reported So Far

Reports of explosions and gunshots in Jakarta, including outside the UN building.

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Jakarta Bombings: Police arrest 3 suspects

Indonesian police search the area in downtown Jakarta where the terrorist attacks took place.

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An unidentified man with a gun walking around as people run in the background on Thamrin Street near the Sarinah shopping mall in Jakarta.

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The death toll from explosions is still unclear

Multiple explosions have been reported in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, including one outside the United Nations building in the city's centre and one at the police station in Jakarta, reports say

While the police were not immediately available for comment, according to an official Jakarta police Twitter account one explosion went off in front of a shopping centre called the Sarinah mall

At least four more explosions have been reported by witnesses.

The latest from AP on this developing story:

Photographs are appearing on social media of the apparent bombing outside the Sarinah shopping centre, just down the street from the UN headquarters. One shows at least two dead bodies on the street. Here are others from the same scene.

A UN regional representative, Jeremy Douglas, is in Jakarta and tweeting from the scene of the explosion outside the UN headquarters in the city

This is a developing story. Come back for more.

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