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Two suicide bombers blow themselves up at Indonesian police HQ

Two militants on a motorcycle blew themselves up at a police headquarters in Indonesia's second city Surabaya on Monday, wounding at least 10 people including officers, authorities said, a day after a deadly wave of suicide bombings hit churches, France 24 reports.

Two suicide bombers blow themselves up at Indonesian police HQ

Two suicide bombers blow themselves up at Indonesian police HQ

STEPANAKERT, MAY 14, ARTSAKHPRESS: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.

"Two people were riding (on the motorcycle) and a woman was sitting at the back."

The authorities said the wounded included six civilians and four police.

The lethal explosion comes just a day after a family of six including two young daughters staged suicide bombings at three churches in Surabaya during Sunday services.

At least 14 civilians have died as a result of that attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State group, and the toll could climb with more than 40 injured in hospital.

 


     

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