Suicide bomber wounds police in Surabaya

Suicide bomber on motorbike wounds police in Indonesia's Surabaya

by Staff Writer 14-05-2018 | 1:17 PM
Reuters: A vehicle exploded injuring several Indonesian police in Surabaya on Monday (May 14), a day after Islamist militants killed at least 13 people in suicide attacks on churches in the country's second-largest city, police said. The blast had occurred at 8.50 a.m. (0150 GMT) at their police office, East Java police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera told a briefing. The full extent of casualties was unclear, he said. Indonesia has had some major successes tackling militancy inspired by al Qaeda's attacks on the United States in 2001. But there has been a resurgence of Islamist attacks in recent years, including in January 2016 when four suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a shopping area in central Jakarta.