Surabaya, MINA — Two militants on a motorcycle have blown themselves up Indonesia, with the blast ripping through a police headquarters in Surabaya., News com.au reported.
The attack has claimed the life of at least one person, and comes just one day after a wave of suicide bombings on churches that killed at least 14 and injured dozens more.
Citing CCTV footage from the scene, East Java Police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said a man and a woman on the bike stopped at the security checkpoint.
“That’s where the explosion happened,” he added.
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“Two people were riding (on the motorcycle) and a woman was sitting at the back.”
Centre for Strategic and International Studies Indonesia researcher Evan Laksmana says Surabaya has seen little unrest in recent decades.
“The city has only seen three attacks since 1977 and the last one in 2001 was targeted at private citizen/property,” Mr Laksmana tweeted.
The attack comes the day before the start of the traditional Muslim holy month of Ramadan. . (T/RS5/RS1)
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