An explosion at a mosque in Jakarta’s Kelapa Gading area injured 54 people during Friday prayers, with police investigating the cause.
JAKARTA: An explosion at a mosque in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta during Friday prayers that injured dozens of people could have been an attack, officials indicated, with a 17-year-old identified as the “suspected perpetrator”.
The country’s deputy house speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, speaking to media after visiting a hospital, said the suspect was currently undergoing surgery.
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Jakarta city police chief Asep Edi Suheri told reporters 55 people had been admitted to hospitals with a range of minor to serious injuries, including burns from the blast at the mosque inside a school complex in the Kelapa Gading area.
An investigation was underway, police said. – Reuters
