Witnesses and officials said on Friday that at least 110 people, most believed to be looters, were killed in a Jakarta shopping mall fire set by other rioters. Rioting and looting began Tuesday has left plumes of thick smoke billowing across the Jakarta skyline, and there were unconfirmed reports that as many as 24 people, including four soldiers, had died in Thursday's violence. Overnight, many people in the capital spent a nervous night guarding their homes. I think everybody is awake in this neighborhood.
Men stay outside the houses to guard.
Suharto returns to unrest. CNN's Mike Chinoy reports. There were also reports of violent protests in other major Indonesian cities. The violence prompted the United States to decide to evacuate its nonessential embassy staff from Indonesia and to postpone a visit by a top military team. Also, the U.S. State Department on Friday advised U.S. citizens to leave Jakarta.