Gunung Agung: Indonesia Keluar Amaran Tahap Tertinggi

PENDUDUK berdoa di Gunung Agung dengan harapan menghalang letusan gunung berapi di kampung Muntig, Kecamatan Kubu, Kabupaten Karangasem, Pulau Bali. – Foto AFP

[Berita Harian}- JAKARTA: Agensi Bencana Indonesia berkata, pihaknya menaikkan amaran tahap tertinggi iaitu empat ke atas gunung berapi, Gunung Agung di Bali dan mengarahkan penduduk yang berada dalam lingkungan 8 hingga 10 kilometer di sekeliling kawasan berkenaan supaya berpindah dengan segera.

“Debu dan letupan perlahan yang kadang-kadang dapat didengari pada jarak 12 kilometer dari puncak. Api dapat dilihat pada waktu malam yang menunjukkan kemungkinan letupan berlaku pada bila-bila masa,” katanya dalam kenyataan.

“Dengan jangkaan kemungkinan dan risiko bencana Pusat Gunung Berapi dan Pencegahan Bahaya Geologi (PVMBG) menaikkan amaran dari tiga kepada empat bermula jam 6 pagi pada waktu tempatan,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan. – Reuters

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Video: Footage of Jakarta Bombing Near Sarinah

7 Dead In Explosion And Gunfire Near Sarinah, Jakarta

At least seven were killed in a series of bombing in Jalan MH Thamrin, Jakarta, near the Sarinah shopping complex 10:50 this morning, Local time (Western Indonesia).

Sky News reported, there were several large explosions across the city – with reports suicide bombers targeted multiple locations, including a Starbucks cafe at a busy shopping centre near the presidential palace and United Nations offices.

Police said a gun battle with attackers also took place inside a cinema at the retail complex.

Bodies could be seen in the streets as the Starbucks cafe windows were blown out due to the explosion.

Footage showed two suicide bombers blow themselves up outside the cafe, and a militant was also believed to have been captured on film exchanging gunfire with police.

Two civilians died in the attacks, and there were conflicting reports of a foreign national was either injured or killed.

A United Nations building close to the scene was in lockdown, and other high-rise buildings in the area have been evacuated.