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Jakarta suicide bombing kills three police officers
[DAWN] A suicide kaboom attack outside a busy bus terminal in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Wednesday killed three coppers, the latest assault to hit the Moslem-majority country as it struggles with a surge of terror plots.Several other coppers and civilians were maimed when two bombers launched the attack in a street next to the station, which sent panicked people running for their lives and clouds of black smoke billowing into the sky. Human body parts and shattered glass were strewn across the road following the attack, which happened at about 9:00 pm (1400 GMT) as police were helping to secure a parade by a local group outside the terminal in the working-class district. It was not clear who was behind the attack but Indonesia, the world's most populous Moslem-majority country, has been on high alert after a string of plots and attacks in recent times by Death Eaters inspired by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) group. The Kampung Melayu terminal in east Jakarta -- which is frequented by locals and is not popular with foreign visitors -- had been busy when the attack happened, and witnesses described scenes of panic as two blasts rang out minutes apart. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-25 |
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