Suspected Suicide Bombing at Police HQ in Indonesia's Medan

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13 November 2019 11:18 WIB

Police keep watch near the blast location after a suspected suicide bombing outside the police headquarters in Medan, Indonesia November 13, 2019. A suspected suicide bombing outside police headquarters in Indonesia's city of Medan in North Sumatra killed the perpetrator and wounded some officers on Wednesday, police said, just a month after an attack on a former security minister. Antara Foto/Irsan Mulyadi

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Police stand guard at the entrance of the local police headquarters following a blast in Medan, Indonesia November 13, 2019. The motive for Wednesday's attack was not immediately clear, but Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, has suffered a resurgence in homegrown militancy in recent years, with some attacks targeting police. Antara Foto/Irsan Mulyadi

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Police stand guard at the entrance of the local police headquarters following a blast in Medan, Indonesia November 13, 2019. The suspected suicide bomber had died in the attack, a spokesman for the North Sumatra police, Tatan Dirsan Atmaja, said by telephone, adding that some police officers were wounded in the blast at 8:40 a.m. (0140 GMT). Antara Foto/Irsan Mulyad

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Police keep watch near the blast location after a suspected suicide bombing outside the police headquarters in Medan, Indonesia November 13, 2019. Television broadcast images of people rushing out of buildings around the headquarters. National police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo said the blast happened in a car park near an area where people were queuing for clearance letters from police. Antara Foto/Irsan Mulyadi

13 November 2019 00:00 WIB

Police stand guard at the entrance of the local police headquarters following a blast in Medan, Indonesia November 13, 2019. A suspected suicide bombing outside police headquarters in Indonesia's city of Medan in North Sumatra killed the perpetrator and wounded some officers on Wednesday, police said, just a month after an attack on a former security minister. Antara Foto/Irsan Mulyadi

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Indonesian police officers walk towards the local police headquarters after a suicide bombing in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, November 13, 2019. In recent years, Islamic radicals, some tied to the Islamic State-inspired militant group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), have targeted police in a series of attacks. The latest attack comes a month after a suspected Islamist stabbed and wounded Wiranto, Indonesia's former security minister, who uses one name. ANTARA FOTO/Irsan Mulyadi

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