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 am (0140 GMT). 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. "The explosion didn't reach the centre for the clearance letter service, it was just in a parking lot." 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.

Source: bd News24 November 13, 2019 05:29 UTC