Shopping mall rocked by blasts

At least two explosions have rocked a busy shopping mall in Jakarta.

Police fear the blasts could have been the work of terrorists.

Several people were hurt in the explosions on the second level of the parking lot of the Atrium Plaza mall, which was hit by a bomb attack last month.

"Looking at the force of the blasts, it could have been bombs. But we have to investigate further," said Colonel Adang Rochyana, Jakarta's chief detective.

The blasts came just days after Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri held talks in Washington with George W Bush and backed his war against global terrorism.

Almost 90% of Indonesia's more than 200 million people are Muslim, making it the world's most populous Islamic nation.

Several militant religious groups, some allegedly with links to foreign terrorist networks, have come to prominence in recent years amid political and economic turmoil.

A number have threatened to act if the US launches strikes against Islamic nations in retaliation against the September 11 attacks in Washington and New York.