Blasts, gunfight in Indonesian capital; at least six dead
JAKARTA Militants launched a gun and bomb assault in the center of the Indonesian capital on Thursday, killing at least six people, in an attack that followed a threat by Islamic State fighters to put the country in their "spotlight", police said. | Video
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