Indonesia: 2 killed in suspected suicide blasts near bus station in Jakarta


Jakarta, May 24 (Agencies): Indonesian police said on Wednesday that there had been two explosions in the eastern part of the capital Jakarta near a bus station. Police said that two people had been killed, including a suspected suicide bomber.

Andry Wibowo, the head of East Jakarta police, told Metro TV that people had heard two explosions and three people had been hurt.

"There were two blasts at around 9:00 pm, close to each other, there are three victims," East Jakarta police chief Andry Wibowo told TV station MetroTV, without saying whether the victims had been killed or injured.

"From the damage I can see, the explosions were pretty big."

It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts at the Kampung Melayu terminal.

  

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