Terrorism - Asia - Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia
Fri, Nov 7, 2025 (Asia/Jakarta)
The blast at a mosque inside a school complex in Jakarta occurred during Friday prayers. Police have not said what caused the explosion.Dozens of people were hospitalized on Friday after an explosion at a mosque within a school complex in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, police said.At least 54 people were injured in the blast, local police chief Asep Edi Suheri said."Some have minor injuries, some moderate, and some have already been discharged," Asep said, adding that some had sustained burns.Witnesses told local television that two blasts were heard at around midday, just as a sermon was beginning at the mosque at SMA 27, a state-funded high school located within a navy compound.Police have not disclosed the cause of the blast, which occurred in the Kelapa Gading district of North Jakarta.The area has been cordoned off with police officers "processing the crime scene," Asep said.He said a bomb squad was at the scene in a bid to determine what caused the explosion. "We are still investigating, as this incident just occurred," Asep said, urging the public not to speculate on whether the incident was a terror attack."Let the authorities work first," he said.The explosion comes weeks after a building at an Islamic boarding school collapsed, killing at least 60 people.