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Indonesia Suicide Bombing Wounds 26

   VOA News  April 15, 2011
   An armed police officer stands guard near an armored vehicle outside a
   local police office after a bomb went off in Cirebon, West Java,
   Indonesia, April 14, 2011

Photo: AP

   An armed police officer stands guard near an armored vehicle outside a
   local police office after a bomb went off in Cirebon, West Java,
   Indonesia, April 14, 2011

   At least 26 people have been wounded in a suicide bombing at a mosque
   in Indonesia.
   The attack came during Friday prayers in the town of Cirebon, in West
   Java.
   The mosque is inside a police compound, and many of the wounded were
   police officers.
   The motive for the bombing was not immediately clear, but Islamic
   extremists are suspected.
   It was the first such attack on a mosque since extremists began
   attacking targets in Indonesia a decade ago.
   Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country. Most of the
   attacks have been against Westerners, but militants have warned over
   the past year that they would begin targeting security forces and
   moderate political leaders.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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