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Southeast Asia
Indonesian suicide bomber targets police mosque
2011-04-15
A bomb has exploded in a police compound in Indonesia's West Java province, injuring 17 people and killing the suspected bomber. Adesa Sembiring, a policewoman in the West Java town of Cirebon, said the bomb exploded at 12:30pm (local time) inside a mosque belonging to the Cirebon Police Headquarters as people were about to begin Friday prayers.

''The body of the suicide bomber is still inside the mosque. His body was destroyed by the bomb, but his face is still intact,'' she said.

A witness at the scene told a local TV news channel they saw a severed human torso and legs, wounds typically suffered by suicide bombers. A local hospital official says 17 other people were injured, including the local police chief. Some of the victims were said to be seriously injured but none have been killed.

Muslim extremists in Indonesia began targeting police several years ago, but no-one has claimed responsibility for this attack.
Posted by:phil_b

#1  I wonder if at least 1 koran was torched in the terror.
Posted by: Glalet Hapsburg3231   2011-04-15 19:48  

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