Jakarta explosion death toll up to 8

The death toll of a series of bomb blasts that rocked Jakarta early Thursday rose to eight.

Several blasts went off in the center of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, in an apparent terrorist attack involving suicide bombers.

At least seven people have so far been confirmed killed in the attack, police said. According to Al Jazeera, a Dutch national working for UN was among the dead.

The Jakarta police said on their Twitter account that the explosions went off in front of the Sarinah shopping mall. Police say attackers arrived on motorcycles and threw grenades, ABC reported.

There were 10 to 14 attackers involved in the Jakarta attacks, the channel reported, citing local media.

Following the blasts, police said that Islamic State militants might have been behind them.

Source: MENA