ArchiveAboutContact
News in English

Fifty-four people injured in mosque blast at Jakarta high school

· 1 min read

BBC:

Dozens of people have been injured in an explosion during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a high school complex in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.

Fifty-four people were admitted to hospital, city police chief Asep Edi Suheri told a televised news conference, with the injuries ranging from minor to serious and including burns.

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police is investigating the cause of the explosion at the site in Kelapa Gading, a district in North Jakarta, he said.

A bomb disposal team from the Mobile Brigade Corps has been deployed to search the area.

Comments are closed.

Related

Online now: 6 Today: 1155 Total visitors: 8375