Suspected suicide bombing targets police in Indonesia's Medan

A blast outside the police headquarters in the Indonesian city of Medan in North Sumatra was a suspected suicide bombing, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.

Tatan Dirsan Atmaja, a spokesman for the North Sumatra police, said some police officers had been wounded in the blast that occurred at 8:40am (0140 GMT) and that the suspected suicide bomber had died in the attack.

A number of Indonesian television channels showed footage of people rushing out of buildings around the headquarters.