The US embassy in Jakarta said Friday it has learned that as of June 1, there were plans by extremists to conduct bomb attacks in the capital city.

The planned attacks target "the lobbies of hotels frequented by westerners in Jakarta," the embassy said in a statement.

"The attacks were to occur circa noon on an unspecified date," it said, adding that there is no additional information on the timing for or the method of the attacks.

The warning was the second issued by the embassy in the last ten days. The embassy on May 26 closed services due to a "security threat."

Source: Xinhua