"We will beef up security in places, such as shopping centers, and other public places," a spokesman for the Jakarta Police Senior Commissioner, Argo Yuwono said here, Friday.
Argo said the police would deploy its personnel to guard bus stations, railway stations, airports, traditional markets, as well as shopping centers.
It would also intensify police patrolling units and secure Ramadan markets, temporary markets usually active during the fasting month.
Two explosions were reported at the Transjakarta bus terminal in East Jakarta at around 9 p.m., killing three police officers and two alleged suicide bombers.
Dozens of people injured in the blasts are still being treated at several of the capitals hospitals.(*)
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