Not less than 55 individuals have been injured after a number of explosions rocked a mosque at a college in Indonesia.
The blasts have been heard within the Kelapa Gading neighbourhood of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, throughout Friday prayers.
Witnesses instructed native TV they heard two loud blasts round noon, simply because the sermon began on the mosque.
College students and others ran out in panic as gray smoke stuffed the constructing at SMA 27, a state highschool inside a navy compound.
A 17-year-old has been recognized because the “suspected perpetrator”.
Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, the nation’s deputy home speaker, stated the suspect was present process surgical procedure.
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Not less than 55 individuals, principally college students, have been injured within the blasts, the town’s police chief Asep Edi Suheri stated.
He stated the reason for the explosions just isn’t but recognized however they got here from close to the mosque’s loudspeaker.
Most victims suffered accidents from glass shards, with a number of casualties taken to close by hospitals.
Some 20 college students stay in hospital, three with critical accidents, the police chief stated.
A bomb squad deployed on the scene discovered toy rifles and a toy gun close by, he added.
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The police chief urged individuals to keep away from speculating concerning the blasts earlier than the police investigation is accomplished.
“Police are still investigating the scene to determine the cause of the blasts,” he stated.
“Let the authorities work first. We will convey whatever the results are to the public.”
