Updated On: 08 November, 2025 09:24 AM IST | Jakarta | Agencies
The Jakarta Fire and Rescue Office said that they received a report from a witness at 12.09 pm (local time) that the explosion came from a loudspeaker inside the school mosque. Images of the mosque showed no extensive damage, as per the Reuters report

Journalists gather at the school in Jakarta after the blast. Pic/AFP
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Several students were injured in an explosion during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a school complex in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, local media reported. A Reuters report put the number of people hospitalised at 55.
The Jakarta Fire and Rescue Office said that they received a report from a witness at 12.09 pm (local time) that the explosion came from a loudspeaker inside the school mosque. Images of the mosque showed no extensive damage, as per the Reuters report.