Four killed in Indonesia bomb blast

An explosion inside the headquarters of the paramilitary police command in a western Indonesian city killed four people, including two officers, today and injured several others.

A witness told el-Shinta radio station that he saw several officers from the command’s bomb squad with serious blast injuries being taken to a hospital in Medan on Sumatra island.

“There was some with legs blown off, some with hands blown off,” the witness Hendrik said.

“All were wearing (police) uniform.” He gave only a single name.

Metro TV reported that two officers were killed, and at least eight others were injured.

The report said that the blast occurred when officers were practicing defusing bombs, but gave no details or attribution.

Police in Medan and the capital, Jakarta refused to comment on the explosion.