Indonesian police say the attackers may be linked to ISIS.
The blasts -- at least six, according to eyewitnesses -- were close to a shopping centre, the Sarinah.- Graphic photographs from the scene showed the bloodied bodies of what appeared to be two men in civilian clothes lying by the side of a road next to the wrecked police post.
- Ruli Koestaman, 32, who had been in a meeting in a nearby building, said the attack started around 10:35am (0335 GMT).
- As well as the known deaths, a number of people were feared injured in Thursday's assault, with an eyewitness telling AFP he had seen a \"terrorist\" open fire on a local journalist.
- A security crackdown weakened the most dangerous extremist networks, leading to a long lull in large-scale strikes. However, the emergence of Islamic State has raised concern that Indonesians returning from Middle East battlefields could stage attacks on home soil.
- Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, suffered several major bomb attacks by Islamic radicals between 2000 and 2009, including the 2002 bombings on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people.
- 'Four people died, one police officer and three civilians,' national police spokesman Anton Charliyan said.
- Badly mangled bodies were seen lying on the streets as security forces moved in, with regular reports of gunfire and warnings of snipers in the area.
- Witnesses said at least one gunman had attacked a cafe in the city centre -- near a cluster of embassies -- shooting at bystanders, as a series of explosions rocked the area.
- Gunfire and explosions in the Indonesian capital Jakarta killed at least four people Thursday, with police flooding the streets amid fears gun-toting militants were still on the run.
The blasts -- at least six, according to eyewitnesses -- were close to a shopping centre, the Sarinah.
Indonesian police say the attackers may be linked to ISIS.
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