Suicide bomber hits Indonesian mosque, wounds 28

A suicide bomber blew himself up as police were praying Friday, wounding 28 people in the first attack on a mosque since extremists started targeting the predominantly Muslim country a decade ago. The victims including a local police chief were rushed to hospitals with nails, nuts and bolts embedded in their bodies, said Yeni Rahmawati, a hospital spokeswoman. The attack occurred in the West Java town of Cirebon.
Though houses of worship are commonly targeted by militants in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, this was a first for Indonesia, and experts worry it could signal a ``hardening' of local militants.