The Islamic State-linked Aamaq News Agency said the attack in an upscale neighborhood in central Jakarta "targeted foreign nationals and security forces charged with protecting them."
Explosion in Jakarta, Indonesia
![A plainclothes police officer aims his gun at attackers during a gun battle following explosions in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Attackers set off explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area in Indonesia's capital and waged gunbattles with police Thursday, leaving bodies in the streets as office workers watched in terror from high-rise buildings](https://gdb.voanews.com/a78642e6-26bd-4d7e-ba78-52b067b337e5_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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A plainclothes police officer aims his gun at attackers during a gun battle following explosions in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Attackers set off explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area in Indonesia's capital and waged gunbattles with police Thursday, leaving bodies in the streets as office workers watched in terror from high-rise buildings
![Indonesian soldiers stand guard near the site where an explosion went off in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Attackers set off explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area of downtown Jakarta and waged gun-battles with police Thursday, leaving bodies in the streets as office workers watched in terror from high-rise windows.](https://gdb.voanews.com/810882d5-4694-4ac7-ae98-2c20a0e5ff6c_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Indonesian soldiers stand guard near the site where an explosion went off in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Attackers set off explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area of downtown Jakarta and waged gun-battles with police Thursday, leaving bodies in the streets as office workers watched in terror from high-rise windows.
![Police officers gather outside a Pizza Hut restaurant next door to a Starbucks cafe which was attacked in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Attackers set off explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area in Indonesia's capital and waged gunbattles with police Thursday, leaving bodies in the streets as office workers watched in terror from high-rise windows](https://gdb.voanews.com/71294139-178c-40ee-9664-c5377cb0ecec_cx0_cy13_cw98_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Police officers gather outside a Pizza Hut restaurant next door to a Starbucks cafe which was attacked in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Attackers set off explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area in Indonesia's capital and waged gunbattles with police Thursday, leaving bodies in the streets as office workers watched in terror from high-rise windows
![Smoke billows from an explosion in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Suicide bombers exploded themselves in downtown Jakarta on Thursday while gunmen attacked a police post nearby, a witness told The Associated Press. Local television reported more explosions in other parts of the city.](https://gdb.voanews.com/07778d9f-3b36-4fae-a3ab-5603a1fc40ba_cx0_cy48_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Smoke billows from an explosion in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Suicide bombers exploded themselves in downtown Jakarta on Thursday while gunmen attacked a police post nearby, a witness told The Associated Press. Local television reported more explosions in other parts of the city.