In a suspected suicide attack, a man blew himself up and killed a police officer Wednesday outside a police station on Indonesia’s main island of Java, as per multiple media reports.
The report added that at least 8 people of which 7 were police officers sustained injuries after a man tried to enter the Astana Anyar police station and detonated explosives where police were waiting for morning assembly
Bandung Police Chief Aswin Sipayung said police are still investigating the attack in West Java’s Bandung city and whether the man, who has not been identified, had links to radical groups.
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Indonesia has battled militants since bombings on the resort island of Bali in 2002 killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.
Attacks aimed at foreigners have largely been replaced in recent years with smaller, less deadly strikes targeting the government, police and anti-terrorism forces and people who militants consider infidels.
(With input from AP)