Indonesian officials: Officers wounded after explosion at Surabaya police headquarters

A candlelight vigil in Surabaya, Indonesia.
(Image credit: Ivan Damanik/AFP/Getty Images)

Several police officers in Surabaya, Indonesia, were injured on Monday after explosives were detonated from motorcycles outside of police headquarters, East Java police officials said.

The blast occurred one day after at least 13 people were killed and 40 injured in suicide bombings at three churches in the city; the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for those attacks.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.