INDONESIA: Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists take credit for suicide bombing that kills 3 police officers and injures 10

A suicide bombing attack outside a busy bus terminal in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Wednesday killed three police officers, the latest assault to hit the Muslim-majority country as it struggles with a surge of terror plots.

• 3 dead, 10 injured in Jakarta twin blasts

TheJakartaPost  (h/t Ma B) Several other police officers and civilians were injured when two bombers launched the attack in a street next to the station, which sent panicked people running for their lives and clouds of black smoke billowing into the sky.

Human body parts and shattered glass were strewn across the road following the attack, which happened at about 9:00 pm (1400 GMT) as police were helping to secure a parade by a local group outside the terminal in the working-class district. Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, has been on high alert after a string of plots and attacks in recent times by militants inspired by the Islamic State (IS) group…

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Indonesia’s elite anti-terror squad is investigating twin explosions near a Jakarta bus station Wednesday night. Three police officers were killed and at least 10 people injured in the incident, which authorities believe is linked to ISIL.

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