Two Suicide Bombers Kill Self In Explosion At Police Headquarters, Wounding Officers, Others

Two Suicide Bombers Kill Self In Explosion At Police Headquarters In Indonesia

Two militants on a motorcycle have blown themselves up at a police headquarters in Indonesia’s city of Surabaya.

The authorities confirmed that the explosion wounded six civilians and four police.

Citing CCTV footage from the scene, East Java Police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said a man and a woman on the bike stopped at the security checkpoint.

“That’s where the explosion happened,” he added.

“Two people were riding (on the motorcycle) and a woman was sitting at the back.”

Ambulances and the bomb squad descended on the chaotic scene with the CCTV images showed the mangled wreckage of a motorbike at the security gate at the headquarters in the heart of the city.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility after the latest suicide bombing.

“This is a cowardly act, undignified and inhumane,” Indonesian President Joko Widodo told reporters in Jakarta.

“There will be no compromise in taking action on the ground to stop terrorism.”

Punch reports that the lethal explosion follows a recent killing of  family of six including two young daughters in a  staged suicide bombings at three churches in Surabaya during Sunday services.