One dead after suicide bomber hits Indonesian police station

The convicted bomb-maker entered the Astana Anyar police station in Bandung with a motorcycle and detonated one of two devices he was carrying as police were lining up for a morning assembly.

Wed, 07 Dec, 2022 - 10:07

Adi Marsiela and Niniek Karmini, AP

One officer has been killed and 11 other people were injured after a Muslim militant who was released from prison last year blew himself up at a police station in Indonesia’s West Java, officials said.

The convicted bomb-maker entered the Astana Anyar police station in Bandung with a motorcycle and detonated one of two devices he was carrying as police were lining up for a morning assembly, city police chief Aswin Sipayung said.