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Terrorism

Suspected suicide bombing hits police HQ in Indonesia's Medan

Authorities 'on alert' amid resurgence in homegrown militancy

Police guard the entrance of the local police headquarters following a blast in Medan on Nov. 13.   © Reuters

MEDAN, Indonesia (Reuters) -- A suspected suicide bombing outside police headquarters in Indonesia's city of Medan in North Sumatra killed the perpetrator and wounded some officers on Wednesday, police said, just a month after an attack on a former security minister.

The motive for Wednesday's attack was not immediately clear, but Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, has suffered a resurgence in homegrown militancy in recent years, with some attacks targeting police.

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