Jakarta: A suicide bombing occurred at a police station in Bandung, the capital city of Indonesia's West Java province, on Wednesday morning, killing the bomber and leaving three policemen injured, police said.

The explosion took place at 08:20 am local time at the Astana Anyar sub-district's police station and caused damage, Bandung police chief Aswin Sipayung said.

"The bomber came into the police station when the policemen were having a regular ceremony. The bomber pointed a knife at the policemen. Then an explosion happened," he told local media.

Police were carrying out an investigation at the scene, he said.

(With UNI inputs)