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Reports quoted police as saying that  the attackers are linked to the terror group ISIS. 

 

Three policemen and three civilians were killed as grenades exploded in an area close to the presidential palace and a UN office complex. The police said  three suicide bombers were hiding inside a theater complex. So far, no reports of hostage crisis have bee received.

 

Indonesian TV has reported three more explosions outside the Pakistani and Turkish embassies. After the blasts, there were gunshots and massive police presence outside the popular Sarinah shopping mall.

Media reports said 10 to 15 attackers entered the city on motorcycles, armed with guns and explosives.

Visuals showed bodies lying on the road near a Starbucks Cafe and smoke around buildings. People were seen running or hiding behind cars.

According to media tweets, a separate explosion was heard in the west Jakarta suburb of Palmerah.

UN official Jeremy Douglas tweeted that a suicide bomber  was "literally 100m from the office and my hotel." He also tweeted that a "serious exchange of fire" was on in downtown Jakarta.

Indonesia has been put on high alert.