Overview
- Authorities cordoned the SMA 27 complex in North Jakarta’s Kelapa Gading and deployed a police bomb squad alongside military engineers to process the scene.
- Police said 54 people were injured, mostly students, with 20 still hospitalized including three in serious condition.
- Witnesses and officials reported two blasts around midday just as the sermon began at the mosque located inside a navy compound.
- Preliminary police statements indicated the explosions came from near the mosque’s loudspeaker, but the cause has not been determined.
- Investigators urged the public not to speculate about motive as the probe continues following the recovery of toy rifles and a toy gun near the site.