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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A suspected militant was critically injured when a bomb apparently being prepared for a terrorist attack exploded in a house near Indonesia’s capital, police said Sunday. At least three other people living nearby were injured along with two suspects who fled.

An elite anti-terror squad was searching for the two men who escaped after the strong blast late Saturday in Depok, a town on the outskirts of Jakarta, said National Police spokesman Maj. Gen. Anang Iskandar. The explosion came just days after police raided another home in Jakarta where similar bomb-making materials were found in connection with a terrorist group that allegedly plotted to kill police and bomb the country’s Parliament.

National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo said the two suspects were severely wounded in their hands, and he warned the public to be on the lookout for anyone with such injuries.

Iskandar said police at the site found a badly injured man whose left hand had been cut off. Bomb-making devices were found scattered around him.

“We suspect he was making bombs when one of them detonated prematurely,” Capt. Agus Widodo, a local police chief in Depok, told reporters at the scene. “His condition is critical. We cannot talk to him.”

He said the man also suffered burns over up to 70 percent of his face and body.

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