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Southeast Asia
Indonesia: Bomb explodes at police station in Surabaya
2018-05-14
[DW] Just one day after suicide bombers hit three churches in the city of Surabaya, a police station has been bombed. Police have said they are still identifying victims.

A motorcycle bomb detonated at a police headquarters in the Indonesian city of Surabaya on Monday. The attack appears to have been a suicide bombing, authorities said.

Only yesterday, Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city, was rocked by suicide bomb attacks at three churches, killing 13 people and injuring dozens.

What we know so far:
  • At 8.50 a.m. a motorcycle bomb exploded at a security checkpoint outside the headquarters, police said.

  • Two individuals, a man and a woman, were riding the motorcycle at the time of the attack.

  • "We can confirm there are casualties among our members," a spokesman said.

  • "So far, we have accounted for seven victims. We are still collecting data,” a separate police spokesman told The Jakarta Post.

  • Several hours earlier, police killed a suspected Islamist militant in his apartment south of Surabaya, after an explosion there.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more details are available.
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