Reports bomb blast near UN office in Jakarta kills two

CINAR, Turkey – Kurdish rebels detonated a vehicle bomb at a police station in southeastern Turkey, then attacked it with rocket launchers and firearms, killing six people including civilians, officials said Thursday. Police have formed a special team to hunt down other alleged perpetrators who managed to escape from the site.

One of the victims is believed to be a police officer.

The Aamaq news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic State group, is quoting an unnamed source as saying the group carried out the attack in Jakarta.

It’s not clear if any more attackers are at large outside the Sarinah area. No one has claimed responsibility.

The Netherlands’ foreign minister says that a Dutch man has been seriously wounded in the Jakarta attack.

Indonesia has been attacked by Islamist militant groups in the past.

Charliyan said that before the blasts occurred, Daesh had issued warning that there would be “a concert” – a term for terror acts – in Indonesia. Jokowi, who is on a working visit in West Java town of Cirebon, said he is returning to Jakarta immediately.

“The state, the nation and the people should not be afraid of, and lose to, such terror acts”, he said. “They may have been using grenades, which you can acquire in Indonesia”.

National Police spokesman Maj.

US-based coffee giant Starbucks said one of its customers was injured, as it announced it was shuttering all branches in the Indonesian capital.

A ministry spokeswoman says that the Dutch citizen was undergoing surgery.

“We need to investigate whether this is a retaliation against a number of arrests done by national police of several people suspected of being involved in terrorism, or if there are other motives”, he said.

Witnesses saw at least three bodies sprawled on the sidewalk after the fighting ended.

The area has many luxury hotels, and offices in high-rise buildings and embassies, including the French.

UN Regional Representative Jeremy Douglas was rushed inside the building when the explosion occurred. The explosion occurred after about 25 anti-terror squad police stormed the cafe.

Santoso also faces charges of running an extremist training camp in Poso, a flashpoint of terrorism in Central Sulawesi where a Muslim-Christian conflict killed at least 1,000 people from 1998 to 2002.

The 77-year-old leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah militant network filed a judicial review of his 2011 conviction, when he was sentenced to 15 years in jail for setting up the camp in Aceh province.

Up to 700 Indonesians have traveled to Syria in recent years to fight with anti-regime forces, with the majority allying themselves with ISIS, according to the Indonesian government.