AP | Jakarta
A suicide bomber attacked an Indonesian mosque during Friday prayers, shouting “God is Great” as he detonated his device, wounding 26 persons, officials said. The bombing occurred inside a police compound in the West Java town of Cirebon, and many of the victims were officers.
They were rushed to nearby hospitals with wounds to their arms, legs and torsos, said Yeni Rahmawati, a hospital spokeswoman.
Indonesia, a secular nation of 237 million with more Muslims than any other in the world, has been hit by a string of Al Qaeda-linked suicide bombings since 2002 targeting Western hotels, restaurants and nightclubs. Many of the 260 people killed in those attacks have been foreign tourists.
In the last year, however, militants seeking to carve out an Islamic state have said the country’s moderate leaders and security forces would be their next target.
West Java police chief, Maj Gen Suparni Parto, told El-Shinta radio the attack was the work of a suicide bomber, whose mangled corpse was found at the scene.
The suspect was apparently wearing a suicide vest beneath his black Islamic robes and sitting among dozens of worshippers when he set off the bomb, said Agus Riyanto, a police spokesman.
A suicide bomber attacked an Indonesian mosque during Friday prayers, shouting “God is Great” as he detonated his device, wounding 26 persons, officials said. The bombing occurred inside a police compound in the West Java town of Cirebon, and many of the victims were officers.
They were rushed to nearby hospitals with wounds to their arms, legs and torsos, said Yeni Rahmawati, a hospital spokeswoman.
Indonesia, a secular nation of 237 million with more Muslims than any other in the world, has been hit by a string of Al Qaeda-linked suicide bombings since 2002 targeting Western hotels, restaurants and nightclubs. Many of the 260 people killed in those attacks have been foreign tourists.
In the last year, however, militants seeking to carve out an Islamic state have said the country’s moderate leaders and security forces would be their next target.
West Java police chief, Maj Gen Suparni Parto, told El-Shinta radio the attack was the work of a suicide bomber, whose mangled corpse was found at the scene.
The suspect was apparently wearing a suicide vest beneath his black Islamic robes and sitting among dozens of worshippers when he set off the bomb, said Agus Riyanto, a police spokesman.
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