The Suicide Bomb At The Astanaanyar Police Headquarters, PBNU Kutuk Keras

A suicide bomb exploded in the yard of the Astanaanyar Police Headquarters Wednesday, December 12 morning. (Doc VOI)

JAKARTA - The Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board strongly condemns the suicide bombing incident that occurred at the Astanaanyar Police Headquarters, Bandung. A police officer was killed and a number of other police personnel were injured. Meanwhile, the alleged suicide bomber is believed to have died as a result of this incident.

"PBNU strongly condemns. Making suicide bombings is in vain. And will not achieve its goals," said Deputy Secretary General of PBNU H Suleman Tanjung Wednesday, December 7.

According to him, whatever motives the perpetrators did, the act of a suicide bombing could not be justified. "This kind of incident really disturbs the peace and harmony of religion and the life of our nation. This kind of terrorism is not justified in any religion," he said.

The man who is familiarly called Sulta explained that the results of the 2019 Nahdlatul Ulama clerical Congress in Banjar City called for that obeying state law is the obligation of a Muslim and an Indonesian citizen. Do not use any Shari'a as an instrument to fight state law," he stressed.

Furthermore, the Sultan invited all parties to provide support for the National Police to uncover this case. "If there are aspirations, it should be channeled in accordance with applicable regulations," he added.

Approaching the new year, this kind of terror must be watched out for. Therefore, all parties must participate in preventing terrorism. People and all parties must also participate to prevent terrorism as much as possible," he said.

For your information, the explosion that was suspected of being a suicide bombing rocked the Astanaanyar Bandung Police Headquarters, Wednesday morning, December 7. The police found pieces of the body suspected of being the suicide bomber. A number of police officers who were at the Mapolsek were reportedly also injured. Currently, the anti-terror team and census 88 are also at the location to carry out security and sweeping.