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IS-linked suicide bomber hits Indonesia police station

SOLO, Indonesia (AFP) — A suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up outside an Indonesian police station Tuesday, injuring one officer in an attack officials said was linked to the Islamic State group. The attack in Solo city, the country’s radical heartland and the hometown of President Joko Widodo, came as the Indonesian leader was preparing to visit to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid with his family. The authorities in the world’s most […]

Suicide attack on Indonesian police station, officer injured

SOLO, Indonesia (AFP) — A suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up in an attack on an Indonesian police station on Tuesday, leaving one officer injured, an official said. The attack in Solo city, the hometown of President Joko Widodo, came as the Indonesian leader was preparing to visit to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid with his family. The authorities in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation are on alert a day before […]