Indonesian policeman killed in knife attack by suspected militants


  • World
  • Sunday, 25 Jun 2017

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian police officer was stabbed and later died of his wounds in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in the city of Medan, a police spokesman said on Sunday.

Police shot dead one suspect and one was arrested after the attack on a police post in the capital of North Sumatra province, police spokesman Rina Sari Ginting said by telephone.

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