Indonesia: Bombing continues in Surabaya, right at police headquarters
A car exploded at a police headquarters in Surabaya, Indonesia, killing at least one person and injuring 10 others, police said on Thursday, just a day after a series of attacks left more than 40 people dead and injured.
East Java police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said the explosion occurred at around 8:50 a.m. local time.
CCTV footage from the scene shows a man carrying a woman on a motorbike to a police car park before detonating explosives at a security checkpoint.
Mr. Mangera later confirmed that the two suicide bombers were on a motorbike.
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| An explosion occurred at a police station in Surabaya City. Photo: Twitter |
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| Surveillance video shows the motorbike exploding outside the police headquarters. Photo: Guardian |
The incident came just a day after a suicide attack killed at least 13 people and injured 41 others at three churches also in Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city.
An East Java police spokesman said investigations were underway to see if there was any connection between the May 14 bombing and the three church attacks on May 13. According to News.com.au, the six suicide bombers at the three churches were from the same family, including the parents and four young children.
National police chief Tito Karnavian said the father detonated a car bomb, his two sons, aged 18 and 16, used motorbikes to attack while the mother and two young daughters strapped explosives to their bodies.
According to Mr. Tito Karnavian, this suicide bomber's family returned to Indonesia from Syria. The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) organization has also claimed responsibility for the attack.
Some images of the attack on May 14:
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| Indonesian police guard the scene of a bomb explosion in East Java. Photo: EPA-EFE |
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| Scene of the bomb explosion in East Java on May 13. Photo: EPA-EFE |
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| The scene was cordoned off. Photo: Xinhua News Agency |
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| Indonesian police at the scene of the bomb explosion on May 13. Photo: Xinhua |
