JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Suicide bomb exploded at Astanaanyar Police Station, Kota Bandung, West Java. The police station confirmed the incident.
“Yes, in Astanaanyar,” National Police Public Relations Division Karo Penmas Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan said on Wednesday (7/12/2022) when asked for confirmation.
In the news circulating there was a massive explosion at the Astanaanyar police station. Presumably, the author suicide bomb they are guests who come to Mapolsek.
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Separately, Bandung Police Chief Kombes Aswin Sipayung said his group had received a report that a bomb had occurred at 0820 WIB.
During the morning assembly, someone entered Mapolsek and brandished a pistol. The person, he said, then stormed into the morning assembly.
“The members dodged it, then there was an explosion. The perpetrator carrying the bomb died in the lobby of Astanaanyar,” he said.
According to him, three police officers were injured and were being treated at Bhayangkara Sartika Asih Hospital in Bandung (Polri Hospital in bandung).
Within 200 meters of the location, a police line appears to have been set up. The highway has been closed.
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