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1 killed, 6 injured in suspected suicide bombing at police HQ in Indonesia's Medan

JAKARTA - A suspected suicide bomber was killed and six people were injured when the man blew himself up at the police headquarters in the Indonesian city of Medan on Wednesday (Nov 13), National Police spokesman Muhammad Iqbal said.

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