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Two suicide bombers blow themselves up at Indonesian police HQ

Presidential Palace. The latest attack came just a day after a wave of suicide bombings on churches killed at least 14. [Rusman Jhony, AFP]

Two militants on a motorcycle blew themselves up at a police headquarters in Indonesia's second city Surabaya on Monday, wounding at least 10 people including officers, authorities said, a day after a deadly wave of suicide bombings hit churches.

Citing CCTV footage from the scene, East Java Police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said a man and a woman on the bike stopped at the security checkpoint.

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