Security boosted at Jakarta mall

Security boosted at Jakarta mall

INDONESIA: Armed Indonesian policemen were deployed Saturday to a Jakarta shopping mall after the US and Australian embassies warned their nationals of a possible bomb attack there in the next three days.

The deployment of the policemen to the Mangga Dua district in North Jakarta comes after the US embassy on Friday advised its citizens to stay away from the mall until March 14.

About 100 policemen including anti-terror bomb squad had been patrolling the complex since Friday night, said a spokesman for the mall who identified himself as Irvan.

National police spokesman Aryanto Budiarjo told AFP that police took "serious notice" of the embassy warning but they would serve as backup security for the mall. -- AFP