Whether there is isis invol involveme involvement. Cnns kathy quiano has the latest for us on the streets of jakarta. Kathy, what are you learning . Reporter john, we are getting new information from the National Police spokesperson. He just said that the number of people dead is six now. Five of them attackers and one foreign national. There was also another civilian who is seriously injured. About 20 people have also suffered serious and minor injuries from the explosions and gun fight that happened here in Central Jakarta earlier on. He also said all in all, about five explosions. Five devices that actually exploded during the attacks. But police later on found five unexploded bombs in the area. This is when they were sweeping in the building that they thought one of the armed suspects had gone into. That operation has winded down. Police swept through the area. Security is still very tight. We are about 150 meters away from the actual site here. Traffic is now flowing through the s
another wake-up call for indonesia and the indonesian president is serious. he ordered officials to go after this network and perpetrators of the attack. five attackers killed in the response. the response did appear to be quick. kathy quiano on the streets of jakarta. thank you. christian hubel works in a skyscraper with a clear view of the site of the attacks. we spoke to him a short time ago. we heard a big noise. sounded like an explosion. at first, we thought it was from the construction site next to our building. then we realized huge smoke cloud on the street like 500 meters away. then a second and third and up to five or six explosions we heard within a few minutes. then we realized there must be something going on. it must be serious. how long did this go on? was this a period of minutes?
thoroughfare. one of jakarta s main thoroughfares. those two sites were attacked. we know from the terrorism experts here in indonesia, the nature of the attacks in indonesia have changed over the years. there was an attack years ago at the jw marriott. police are not saying what explosives were used. they seem to be low intensity and low explosives. the shift was from western foreign targets to police and government authorities. now we are seeing that here as well. attack on the police post, but also attack on a commercial establishment. again, this might be a new transfer for indonesia, which is not a stranger to major attacks by terror groups. kathy quiano, thank you. christian hubel works in a
whether there is isis invol involveme involvement. cnn s kathy quiano has the latest for us on the streets of jakarta. kathy, what are you learning? reporter: john, we are getting new information from the national police spokesperson. he just said that the number of people dead is six now. five of them attackers and one foreign national. there was also another civilian who is seriously injured. about 20 people have also suffered serious and minor injuries from the explosions and gun fight that happened here in central jakarta earlier on. he also said all in all, about five explosions. five devices that actually exploded during the attacks. but police later on found five unexploded bombs in the area. this is when they were sweeping in the building that they thought one of the armed suspects had gone into.
in a level of coordination, are officials saying that may lead them to thinking it is an international terror group? any isis ties at this point? reporter: police are not saying that for sure. they certainly are looking at that angle. the president himself ordered security officials and military to go after the perpetrators. the people who may be behind the attack. even the networks associated to groups who have a motive for doing this attack. of course, the prime suspect here, is a group, the east indonesian group based in western indonesia. the leader is the indonesian most wanted terrorist and pledged allegiance to isis. kathy quiano, thank you so