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Suicide bomber attacks Indonesian police station, wounding one

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police station in Solo of Central Java today, killing the bomber and badly injuring a police officer, China’s Xinhua news agency reported, citing local Metro TV report in Jakarta.

The blast took place just after the bomber entered the gate of the police station at 07.36am local time, inspector-general Condro Kirono, police chief of Central Java province told the TV channel.

Riding a motorcycle, the bomber detonated the low-explosive bomb just after a police officer tried to stop him, he said.

The blast killed the bomber and seriously wounded the police officer, Kirono said.

However, there was no a report of damage at the police station.

Head of Indonesian Intelligence Agency Sutiyoso said that the bombing was allegedly carried out by the Islamic State (IS) group.

“This is parts of a change in the IS group’s global strategy. At the global level, it has been suppressed. Many areas it has controlled have been taken over by the countries’ governments or the allies group. So that the IS tends to launch strikes at countries where its members come from,” Sutiyoso told the TV channel.

“We have detected that in Indonesia, IS tend to target officials, particularly police and intelligence officers,” he said.

Sutiyoso said that this strategy is supported by many IS followers in Indonesia, including those who have not been to Syria and some who have just returned.

President Joko Widodo, who is visiting West Sumatra Province, ordered National Police chief General Badrodin Haiti to pursue and capture militants in the cells and networks linked with the explosion.

In January, IS coordinated suicide bombings at the heart of Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta, leaving eight dead and more than 20 others injured.

- Bernama

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