Indonesia police link suicide bombing to Islamic State-inspired group


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  • Monday, 18 Nov 2019

Police stand guard at the entrance of the local police headquarters following a blast in Medan, Indonesia November 13, 2019. Antara Foto/Irsan Mulyadi/via REUTERS

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian anti-terrorism officers shot dead two suspected bomb makers during a raid on the weekend and arrested more than a dozen as authorities linked a suicide bombing last week to an Islamic State-inspired network, police said on Monday.

A 24-year-old student blew himself up outside a police station in the city of Medan in North Sumatra province last Wednesday, killing himself and wounding six people.

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