At least 54 people were injured in explosions that rocked a mosque in a high school during Friday prayers in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Authorities later said the suspect was a 17-year-old male student who was injured and underwent surgery.
Witnesses told local television stations that they heard at least two loud explosions around noon, as the settlement began in SMAnAns Kelabi in NavernA’s Avyarma in Navern On’s Navy Kelako in NavyTA.
Students and others were consumed by panic as others with gray hair filled the mosque.
The police said they found a toy submachine gun that belonged to the suspect and was written with what appeared to be white supremacist slogans.
Deputy House Sellemi Dasco Ahmad told the victims’ ages at a hospital that the suspect was a “17-year-old male student” and that he was undergoing surgery. He had no more details.
The chief of the National Police, Listyo Sigit PravAbo, said the suspect was one of two students who had surgery for injuries from the explosions.
“Our staff is now conducting an in-depth investigation to find out the identity of the suspect where he lives, including his house and others,” Sigit told a Presidential conference in Jakarta.
Sigit said that investigators are still collecting information to determine a motive, including the arrival of the suspect in a Supermachine Mass at a Mass in Christquach, New Zealand, where 51 people were killed and many more people were killed.
“We discovered the weapon was a toy gun with certain markings, which we are also investigating to understand the motive, including how he assembled it and carried out the attack,” said Sigit.
Most of the victims suffered burns and injuries from flying glass. The type of explosive used was not immediately known but the explosions came from near the Mosque’s Stougs, Asep Eli Supheri.
He warned against deeming the incident a terrorist attack before the police investigation is complete.
Police confirmed that they are looking into local media reports that the suspect is a Grade 12 student who was forced to marry and intended to carry out a suicide attack.
“We are still investigating the possibility that bullying was a factor that motivated the suspect to carry out the attack,” Jakarta police told reporters on Friday.
“There are many obstacles in obtaining information from witnesses as they are also victims who need medical treatment to recover,” said the authorities providing “rehabilitation of students” for students and teachers.
He changed the number of people injured to 54, instead of the 55 that the police said, with most of the victims standing close to the altar inside the mosque. About 33 students remain in two hospitals with cuts and bruises from the fast fragments.
Hermanto explained that the capital is safe and security is under control, and he urged people not to worry.
Videos circulating on social media show dozens of students facing panic across the basketball court, some covering their hands with their hands from the explosions.
Some of the injured were taken on stretchers to waiting cars.
Shocked relatives gathered at the centers set up at Yarsi and Cempula Puteh Hospitals to ask for information about their loved ones. Parents told television stations that their children had injuries from being hit on the head, feet and hands by sharp nails and pieces of explosives.