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UK issues travel warning after Kampung Melayu bombings
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Police detectives collect evidence at the blast site at the Kampung Melayu bus station in East Jakarta on Thursday morning. (Tribunnews/Herudin)
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he Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom has issued a travel warning to Jakarta for its citizens following the explosion in Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta on Thursday night.
“There have been reports of a bomb explosion at the Kampung Melayu bus station in East Jakarta on 24 May 2017. You should avoid this area. The FCO continues to advise that the threat from terrorism remains high in Indonesia. You should be vigilant, take care at all times, and follow the advice of the local authorities,” the statement said, as quoted in www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/indonesia.
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According to the website, around 280,000 British nationals visit Indonesia every year. The website also posted a reminder to its citizens that terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in Indonesia. Terrorist groups continue to plan attacks and have the capacity and intent to carry out these attacks at anytime and anywhere in the country.
On Wednesday, explosions hit an area near the Transjakarta bus stop in Kampung Melayu at around 9 p.m. The bomb attack was carried out by suicide bombers. Five people, comprising three police officers and the two suicide bombers, were killed and 10 were injured. (wnd/dmr)
