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>> so jeremy, paint a picture of this area. i've been to jakarta a few times. if i'm not mistaken, this is an out market area of jakarta. we understand the u.n. is there, a number of embassies. luxury hotels. we know there was a starbucks which appears to have been at least maybe targeted in this. i guess we don't know. but it was certainly damaged by the blasts. >> yeah, this's exactly right. you couldn't get much more central in jakarta if you tried. you've got major international hotel chains all over the place. you've got the u.n., the japanese embassy. so there's a big diplomatic communit...

Fight in the building. isha? >> kathy, we're having a few problems with your audio. it's not very clear. so apologies to our viewers for that. but let me just get some clarification. are you saying that the operation in the skyline building is over? is that what you're saying? >> i left a few minutes ago and walked further down the street. but the police let journalists and bystanders come in. they took out some of the [ no audio ] >> okay, we've got some problems with kathy's line there. kathy with eel have to leave it there. we're having some problems hearing you. we appreciate the reporting...

Starbucks, and then the attack on the police outpost happened afterwards, the gunfight, and then one armed suspect fleeing the scene from what police have been saying so far, four suspects were killed. their bodies were brought to the police hospital. for now, the situation here has calmed down a bit, but we know that police forces are still in the area trying to secure it. people are not allowed to go inside the building or near the starbucks cafe. they're able to move around that building. people are milling about, trying to see what's happened here. but rosemary, there is a city on edge now...

Received from the indonesian police spokesman do we have any more details as to whether those numbers i collude the attackers? were the attackers killed and what took place today. >> the policeman said he could not confirm that. he said we were still unable to identify the civilian victims. so he would not confirm that. and he also said that it was still unclear who was responsible for this attack. certainly no one has claimed responsibility for it. although there's a lot of speculation here from social media now, people who were claiming to know of the attack, but again that's all confirmed r...

Taken out of the site to a police hospital. >> and kathy, let's rewind a bit and detail how all of this unfolded. you are in central jakarta, a busy intersection next to this mall. explain why this would be a prime target for any terror group. >> well, errol, this is a very busy intersection. you have commercial establishments, star bucks, mcdonald's across the street. you have offices that house the u.n. this is a street that's busy any time of the day, particularly during the lunch hour where people are walking past, traffic is also quite heavy in this area. this would be a prime target for ...