Jakarta rocked by multiple explosions in ISIS-related attacks, several dead

• seven militants launched series of co-ordinated suicide bomb and gun attacks in Indonesian capital
• Explosions rocked downtown streets near the presidential palace and U.S. Embassy in five-hour running gunbattle
• Five attackers and two civilians – a police officer and Canadian man – were killed while two jihadis were taken alive
• Shocking footage captures the moment suicide bomber blows himself up outside Starbucks near shopping mall

Source: Jakarta rocked by multiple explosions in ISIS-related attacks, several dead

Netizen comment

1. Roger Beath, Geelong, Australia
The year of living dangerously

2. Floridian, USA, United States
Here we go again

 → P0rkCh0ps, Dimmi Land, United Kingdom
And with the same old rubbish coming from western progressive idiots to hide the truth.

3. yvette m, Adelaide, Australia
Julie and Malcolm have been silent on whats going on in Indonesia where are the travel warnings for Australians or dont we want to ruin relations with Indos while putting Aussies lives at risk .?

4. LOLOLOLOL, Sydney, Australia
Rip

5. Ferry Lionk, pontianak, Indonesia
Indonesian police are quite capable handling those coward, everything will be OK. Some say there were suicide bomber.. still need clarification

6. Tankers, Jakarta, Indonesia
Pray for Jakarta :(

7. MerseysideAussieMH, Melbourne, Australia
This needs to be ended!!!

8. bozette, jtown, Indonesia
This is scary. I'm stuck at the office.

9. Ivar_Plan, Bristol, United Kingdom
270 million people ... Mostly Muslim. It's has been known to be the perfect breeding ground for JI an offshoot loyal to ISIS. Indonesia is a place that has huge potential as a S.E.Asian flashpoint.

10. Dimitri69414651, sydney, Australia
A war zone!!This will continue to happen unfortunately!!!

11. Alexajadebailey, Perth, Australia
When is enough going to be enough? How many more people have to die before the world acts to stop these monsters. It's getting out of hand. Soon nowhere will be safe. This isn't a world I want my sons growing up in. RIP too all the innocent people who lost their lives.

12. bill, nuneaton
Dangerous place

 → Yosemite, West Coast, United States
Every place seems to be dangerous these days.

 → French it up, Cannes, France
As dangerous as France, Belgium, Germany, the USA, etc...

13. TheRightOne, Vancouver, Canada
Not a week without incident anymore. There's istanbul and now Jakarta.

14. aussiegirl, Somwhere, Australia
Oh no here we go again. Please everyone in Jakarta right now stay safe in this scary situation. It always rocks me to think that these people are just going about their average day, grabbing a cup of coffee and then their life is over. It's disgusting to me though that in the middle of all this there is people there taking photos of the dead bodies. Get a life.

15. I am always correct, Mumbai, India
If you are not happy with your life, why kill the innocent who are ?

16. Sydneysider58, Now living in Taree, Australia
I think most of us had bad feelings about 2016 - or at least how it would start. Not even half way into January and we have been proven right - in about 20 countries that come to mind (Boko Harem & Al Shabab have been busy too, we just see little African news). Just when you really want to be wrong about something.

17. BondiGroover, sydney, Australia
How terrible , the indo police will have the situation all under control...lets hope that none of the bali bombers who were recently let out have anything to do with it.

18. Smunky, Melbourne, Australia
Terrorists are nothing but scumbag cowards. Losers in life with black hearts and souls.

19. Tina, Perth, Australia
Is anywhere safe these days. Just awful. RIP

20. Tina, Perth, Australia
Get ready people because we have opened th flood gates and we will be next.

21. Adelia Fernanda, Surabaya, Indonesia
Its so scary. RIP for the victims. And pray for Jakarta. I hope these evil monsters of terrorist will rot in hell.

22 . Cataleya26, Jakarta, Indonesia
Right now I am currently stuck in my office, located in Jakarta's CBD area. There are several bomb explosions, gunshots between the police and terrorists are still on-going now, and not to mention reports circulating that a bunch of terrorist in a car, shooting everyone on the street with AK 47. Stay safe Jakartans, Indonesians, and people of the world. To the terrorists, whoever you are, you do not scare us Indonesians and everyone else in the world. If anything you just made us STRONGER. In the end, we will win and you will suffer your defeat. Sincerely, a girl from a country with the world's biggest moslem population.

23. Tom Magee, South Florida, United States
I was just there on that very street one week ago today. Praying for the good people caught up in this outrageous nonsense.

24. gilnogil, Jakarta, Indonesia
#PrayForJakarta :(( Now im stuck at office, red alert here... stay safe everyone in Jakarta...