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Posted on November 7, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleA mosque explosion in Jakarta injured dozens. A 17-year-old suspect is identified. Investigation is ongoing.
JAKARTA (Reuters) -An explosion at a mosque in Indonesia's capital Jakarta during Friday prayers that injured dozens of people could have been an attack, officials indicated, with a 17-year-old identified as the "suspected perpetrator".
The country's deputy house speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, speaking to media after visiting a hospital, said the suspect was currently undergoing surgery.
Jakarta city police chief Asep Edi Suheri told reporters 55 people had been admitted to hospitals with a range of minor to serious injuries, including burns from the blast at the mosque inside a school complex in the Kelapa Gading area.
An investigation was underway, police said.
(Reporting by Stanley Widianto, Ananda Teresia, Willy Kurniawan and Johan Purnomo; Writing by Gibran Peshimam; Editing by Martin Petty)
An explosion is a sudden and violent release of energy, often resulting in a loud noise and destruction. In the context of this article, it refers to the blast that occurred at the mosque.
A suspect is an individual who is believed to have committed a crime or is under investigation for a potential crime. In this article, a 17-year-old is identified as the suspect in the mosque explosion.
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