One police officer was killed and eight individuals 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 befell 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 via to the police doing the roll name,” Bandung police chief Aswin Sipayung informed Indonesia’s Kompas TV.
Ahmad Ramadhan, head of the general public data bureau for the Nationwide Police, stated Bandung police have been investigating the incident in coordination with Indonesia’s counterterrorism unit.
The ISIL-linked Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) group might have been behind the assault, Ibnu Suhendra of Indonesia’s counterterrorism company (BNPT) informed Metro TV.
JAD was banned in 2018 after a collection of suicide bombings at church buildings in Surabaya, the nation’s second largest 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, informed 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 areas on the earth’s largest Muslim-majority nation, though their frequency has declined lately.