Multiple explosions shake a mosque in an Indonesian high school, injuring dozens

Multiple explosions shake a mosque in an Indonesian high school, injuring dozens

The Associated Press

November 07, 2025 / 8:49 am

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities said they have identified a 17-year-old boy as the suspected perpetrator of an attack that shook a mosque at a high school during Friday prayers in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, injuring at least 55 people, mostly students.

Police brushed away speculation for now that the blasts were a terror attack, saying they were still investigating.

Witnesses told local television stations that they heard at least two loud blasts around midday, from inside and outside the mosque, just as the sermon had started at the mosque at SMA 72, a state high school within a navy compound in Jakarta's northern Kelapa Gading neighb