Student suspect investigated after Indonesia mosque blast injures dozens
Al Jazeera
Injured are taken to hospital after an explosion occurred during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a school complex.
Indonesia’s national police chief has said a suspect believed to be involved in explosions at a mosque inside a school complex, which caused dozens of injuries, was a student there, and an investigation is under way into his background and possible motive.
Listyo Sigit Prabowo said there were so far no deaths from the explosions in the capital, Jakarta. The incident happened during Friday prayers inside a school complex in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.
Prabowo said that one of two people in surgery is the suspected perpetrator. “The motive is still being investigated. We found toy weapons and some writings, which we are examining to understand the motive”, he added.
Police earlier had tried to tamp down speculation that the blast was an attack, with city police chief Asep Edi Suheri saying the cause was being investigated.
Witnesses reported hearing two loud blasts at about midday (05:00 GMT), just as the sermon had started at the mosque.
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