Blasts injure dozens at Indonesian mosque, student suspected

Injured students sit in wheelchairs at Jakarta Islamic hospital after an explosion occurred during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a school complex in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Explosions at a mosque in Indonesia's capital Jakarta that injured dozens of people during Friday prayers could have been an attack, officials indicated, with a 17-year-old student the suspected perpetrator.

Police said 55 people were in hospitals with a range of minor to serious injuries, including burns, after the blasts at the mosque inside a school complex in the Kelapa Gading area.