Attack on Jakarta, Part-10 - Zsolt Zsemba
Bandung was gone. By the second night, the swarm had turned entire districts into resin fortresses. Smoke no longer rose from the skyline...
Attack on Jakarta, Part-9 - Zsolt Zsemba
The night after the mall collapsed, Bandung did not sleep. People whispered in alleys, clutched their children close, and stared at the sky.
Attack on Jakarta, Part-8 - Zsolt Zsemba
Bandung had always been a city of refuge for many. Cooler air, mountain slopes, a place people went to escape the pressure cooker of Jakarta.
Attack on Jakarta, Part-7 - Zsolt Zsemba
Jakarta was already gone. Government admitted it in the morning broadcasts, though their voice carried more denial than hope. Jakarta siege
Attack on Jakarta, Part-6 - Zsolt Zsemba
From the hills south of the city, Maya and Arif looked back at what had once been a sprawling metropolis of twenty million. Now under siege.
Attack on Jakarta, Part-5 - Zsolt Zsemba
By dawn, entire families were pouring out of apartment towers with nothing but what they could carry. Motorbikes swarmed the streets, and hwy
Attack on Jakarta, Part-4 - Zsolt Zsemba
Columns of armoured vehicles rumbled down the wide avenues of Sudirman, their turrets pointed toward the skyline where glass towers hid wasps
Attack on Jakarta, Part-3 - Zsolt Zsemba
The streets that usually pulsed with honking horns and motorbikes buzzing through traffic were strangely quiet. Shops had closed pulled their
Attack on Jakarta, Part-2 - Zsolt Zsemba
The morning after their first night in Jakarta, Maya woke to the sound of honking horns and motorcycle engines. She stretched on the bed...
Attack on Jakarta, Part-1 - Zsolt Zsemba
The plane touched down at Soekarno-Hatta just as the sun broke the horizon. A blood-red disk rose over the smoggy skyline painting the clouds
Zsolt Zsemba