Suicide bombing at Indonesian police station kills two; note condemning new criminal code found
Policemen stand guard at the site of a blast in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on Dec 7, 2022
At least two people were killed and several injured in a suspected suicide bomb blast at an Indonesian police station on Wednesday. Among those killed is a police officer. According to reports, a man riding a motorcycle and carrying a knife blew himself up after entering a police station in West Java’s Bandung city.As per theIndonesian police head Listyo Sigit Prabowo, the suicide bomber had previously been imprisoned on terrorism-related chargesand is allegedly linked with the Islamic State-inspired organisation Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD).
The police chief confirmedthat the attacker, identified as Agus Sujatno, was released in late 2021 and investigators had found dozens of documents decrying the country's controversial new criminal code at the crime scene. Ablue motorbike was foundat the scene that they believe was used by the perpetrator, West Java police chief Suntana had earlier told Metro TV.
A note that condemned the new criminal code as "an infidel product" was attached to the bike, according to Suntana.
The incident was allegedlybeing planned for some time and was likely a result of an ideological opposition to the nation's new laws, according to Todd Elliott, a senior security analyst at Concord Consulting in Jakarta.
Six police officers and a civilian were injured in the attack and rushed to a nearby hospital.
The police suspect this to be a case of terrorism and have sought help from the counter-terrorism unit to investigate the incident, Ahmad Ramadhan, head of the public information bureau for the National Police, said.
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Lola media reported damage to the entrance of the Astana Anyar police station, and roads closed in the area and smoke rising from the scene. Videos surfaced on social media showed heavypolice presence at the site.
“It is true that today at 8.20 am (local time), there is a suspected suicide bombing at the Astana Anyar police station, in Bandung,” he said in a YouTube broadcast.
Though no one has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, officials believe that the Islamic State-inspired Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) terrorist group may have been behind the attack.
Ibnu Suhendra of Indonesia’s counterterrorism agency (BNPT) told Metro TV that the JAD has carried out similar attacks in Indonesia in the past.
Indonesia created a tough new anti-terrorism law in 2019, after suicide bombings linked to JAD.
Last year, two attackers, who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, had blown themselves up outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.
(With inputs from agencies)
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