2-Suspect in Indonesia mosque

12/11/2025 18:12

The student suspected of detonating blasts that injured dozens of people at a mosque in Indonesia's capital last week was motivated by vengeance and inspired by attacks carried out by white supremacists and neo-Nazis.



The blasts, which hit a mosque at a school complex in the capital Jakarta's Kelapa Gading area during Friday prayers, left 96 people injured.



Police said on Tuesday that seven homemade explosives had been found by Indonesian authorities in and around the mosque, some of them in Coca-Cola cans.



Some bombs were triggered via remote control and some via fuse, and three did not explode.



Police said they also found a toy firearm at the scene with inscriptions, one of which read "vengeance".



Last week, police said the suspect was a 17-year-old student at an adjacent school.



The alleged perpetrator was a lone wolf motivated by vengeance and loneliness.