Published: 13:10, September 21, 2023 | Updated: 13:18, September 21, 2023
Explosion at hospital near Jakarta, bomb squad on location
By Reuters
Indonesian police officers take part in the ceremony to form the joint military and police security force for the 43rd ASEAN Summit 2023 at the National Monument park in Jakarta on Sept 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP)
JAKARTA — An explosion occurred at a hospital near the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday and a bomb squad had been dispatched there, police said.
The police were quoted by news website Detik.com as saying the explosion may have come from an overheated power supplier in the radiology unit of the Eka Hospital in the Serpong area.
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The police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the source of the explosion.
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