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Escaped from the scene and is probably armed. >> theres been no game claims of responsibility and police have not named any suspects. indonesia has been on high alert in recent weeks with the police and military joint operations focused on hitting the east indian mujahadin which has pledged support for isis. one gunman, maybe more is believed to have been holed it. it appeared the police were preparing to go in? >> thats right, john. we actually saw several dozens of them fully armed going to th...

But chief of police already been on the ground. also the chief of the intelligence in this country and tried to negotiate or put things to be done until the her ror and the terror are finished. john? >> just to clarify a few things for us that you said just then, do we know from the police if there are hostages inside that building that police have surrounded because the gunmen are believed to be inside? and did you say that negotiations are under way with the gunman? do i have that right? >> we...

Hearing it. >> she can come here and tell us. >> indeed. >> any time, kate. >> well be right here, suntd through thursday. john and i will be back with more news right after this. t...to help sense danger before7 was engiyou do. . because when you live to innovate, you innovate to live. the all-new audi q7. a higher form of intelligence has arrived.

Not confirm if the civilians were innocent bystanders or were actually attackers who lobbed grenades at the police station earlier today. he staid there were motor bikes as well. although earlier witness accounts said the men had walked towards the police station and then threw the grenades at the policemen. killing one of them there. there was a an exchange of gunfire. and there was at least one armed suspect who escaped from the scene and fled into the skyline building, which was just across t...

I hear people, parents, for example, worrying about their kids in school. do they bring them home? do they stay put where they are? or do they head home and just stay there? so, you know, what i can confirm is that yes, there is now a very -- its a city here that is certainly on the edge. john? >> absolutely. kathy, thank you. kathy quia giving us the latest from jakarta. police move into ald being where one gunman is holed up. well continue to follow this story out of jakarta. back in a moment....

But were being kept quite far away from this. and from what im seeing, though, this is an operation definitely going on here. the police have surrounded the skyline building. and theres right now an operation going on for sure. john? >> and just for our viewers who may be joining us, kathy, lets just recap what we have learned over the last hour or so from police in terms of the targets here, what was used by these attackers. and what exactly the police have been telling us. >> john, i recaearli...

So far in arthis area that was attacked is cordoned off. theres heavy security around here. also you could see the city is on the edge. its been a while since a major attack, a terrorist attack was lunched in jakarta, the kpl of jakarta. theres been several minor attacks outside, particularly in the provinces of java. where police have been in pursuit of a small group calling themselves the east indian mujah mujah mujahadeen. the police would not say for now who may be behind the attack in jakar...

Government office and commercial buildings. john? >> okay, kathy. we would like you to stay with us, but in the meantime, weve got bob baer, our security analyst joining us now from tell rude in colorado. so bob, no one is saying it, certainly not officially at this point that this could be isis. either isis directive or isis inspired. if you look at how this is carried out, maybe as many as 14 attackers involved, certainly four confirmed by police. whats your take? >> i think it looks like isis...

In the city center of jakarta. it left at least four people dead including one police officer. >> a spokesman said the tackers used grenades as they targeted a police station in the capital. gun fire broke out between the officers and the attackers. theyre pursuing one armed suspect who escaped from the scene. we have more on the breaking news. understand there was some situation outside of the building. . the skyline building, not far from where the attack happened. a gunman or gunmen was holed...

People can go in and out very easily. theres an entrance that goes through at the back of it and it also exits to a hotel next door and to a street just behind the building. so its possible that the suspect, if he did go through here, may have escaped. but it seems like police have surrounded the building. theyre inside. theyre on the side as well and in front of it. anticipate from what i see, theyre still going after the suspect. john? >> well leave it there. we appreciate you being with us th...