06 July 2016

News Story: Police officer injured as suicide bombing hits police station in Indonesia

JAKARTA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police station in Solo of Central Java Tuesday, killing the bomber and badly injuring a police officer, local Metro TV reported.

The blast took place just after the bomber entered the gate of the police station at 07:36 a.m. 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 stopped 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.

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