Explosions mark Indonesia's New Year

Bombs have exploded at four churches in the eastern Indonesian province of Sulawesi, injuring at least two policemen.

Reports say the bombs exploded simultaneously at three churches ,the Indonesian Christian Church, the Adventist Church and the Ecclesiastical Pentecostal Church, as midnight struck in the town of Palu, followed by a fourth blast later at another church in the same area.

The Central Sulawesi police chief, Brigadier General Andi Zainal Ishak, said the blasts were designed to cause chaos in the province, which has seen almost three years of sporadic fighting between Muslims and Christians.

In a separate incident, a man was killed by a blast in Jakarta.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service