scene and is believed to have been heavily armed. indead. that continues to be the situation following as we re being told an individual. this is a situation, of course, we will continue to follow for you. this situation that was reported, heavy gun fire does not appear to be the case right now. but, of course, this is still a very fluid situation in jakarta. kathy also making the important point. there was a sense posed by terrorism that was somewhat low after successes against a number of islamist groups there in the country. but that may be changing. we re, of course, going to follow the situation very closely for you what is playing out in jakarta, indonesia, and we ll bring you more details as they come into us. we re going to shift gears now and look at the state of the financial markets in the asia pacific region because they re having another dismal day.
availables will come back here from syria and what they re capable of doing. john? okay, kathy, they re on the line from jakarta. police are saying that there were a number of multiple explosions called by grenades. they re all happening downtown jakarta outside a starbucks cafe, a shopping mall. not far from a police station. a heavy exchange of gun fire. police saying at least four people have been killed. one police officer and three civilians. there s a very high probability that those three civilians who are dead were, in fact, the attackers. but that has yesterday to be confirmed at this point. australia is abc, the australian broadcasting corporation reporting that the u.n. building is in lock down at this point in time. and as kathy was telling us, the in indonesia have told her hunt is now on for a fourth suspect who is believed to have fled the
bali and in jakarta when they bombed hotels here, they were all gone, and that they had smaller groups that were not as capable of launching attacks. that might have changed, and i m sure authorities will be looking at that. it is a very concerning situation there. cnn s kathy joining us from central jakarta where the six blasts took place. at this point we understand six people killed, four of them suspects. one of them a police officer, and kathy, do stay nearby. we want to come back to you a little later. kathy also mentioning there one of those explosions taking place outside of a starbucks cafe. of course, you can imagine that would be a popular place where people would be at midday at a busy intersection. we have a statement from starbucks. it begins by saying we re deeply saddened by the senseless acts that took place. they also detail what they know. we can show you a map of i think
battle took place between police and the militants in the same building where a star bucks cafe was attacked earlier. a police station was an apparent target earlier in the day and the gunmen used grenades in the attack. there s been no claim of responsibility so far, but indonesia has been on high alert in recent weeks, and police and the military have been going after a group which pledged support for isis. i want to check whether we have our cnn we re going to go to kathy shortly who is in jakarta. not so long ago she was outside the skyline building where there was a lot of drama, but now we have her. kathy, talk to us as we ve been reporting, four suspects have been shot by police. does that mean this has brought these circumstances to an end, or is there a possibility that
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