2 killed in Jakarta blasts; Manchester bomber had links to ISIS

Jakarta, Manchester

INDONESIAN police said on Wednesday that a suspected suicide bomber and a police officer were killed in explosions near a bus station in the eastern part of the capital, Jakarta.

"There were two blasts at around 9pm (1400 GMT), close to each other," East Jakarta police chief Andry Wibowo told TV station MetroTV. "From the damage I can see the explosions were pretty big," referring to the Kampung Melayu terminal, which is served by mini-vans and buses.

TV pictures showed smoke rising from the terminal and police rushing to carry casualties away from the scene. Large numbers of police officers were at the scene and had cordoned it off.

An eyewitness, Sultan Muhammad Firdaus, told TV station Kompas TV he he…