One police officer was killed and eight folks wounded after a person detonated a tool throughout morning roll name.
A suspected suicide bomber who was additionally armed with a knife has detonated a tool shortly after getting into a police station in West Java, killing one police officer and wounding a number of, Indonesian authorities have stated.
The assault passed off at about 8:20am native time (01:20 GMT) throughout roll name on the Astana Anyar police workplace within the metropolis of Bandung, the provincial capital.
” … a person trespassed whereas wielding a pointy weapon, he was making an attempt to get by to the police doing the roll name,” Bandung police chief Aswin Sipayung advised Indonesia’s Kompas TV.
Ahmad Ramadhan, head of the general public info bureau for the Nationwide Police, stated Bandung police had been investigating the incident in coordination with Indonesia’s counterterrorism unit.
The ISIL-linked Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) group could have been behind the assault, Ibnu Suhendra of Indonesia’s counterterrorism company (BNPT) advised Metro TV.
JAD was banned in 2018 after a collection of suicide bombings at church buildings in Surabaya, the nation’s second greatest metropolis. The group was additionally behind a lethal assault in Jakarta in 2016.
Wednesday’s assault additionally wounded eight others, together with one civilian, Ibrahim Tompo, a spokesperson for the West Java police, advised reporters on Metro TV.
Footage from the Indonesian broadcaster confirmed harm to the police station, with some particles from the constructing on the bottom and smoke rising from the scene.
Hardliners have carried out assaults at church buildings, police stations and different places on the earth’s largest Muslim-majority nation, though their frequency has declined in recent times.
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