From the WSJ: A family of suicide bombers, including children, killed at least seven people and injured dozens in attacks at churches in Indonesia on Sunday, police said, the latest in a wave of Islamic State-inspired violence in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation.
The attacks on Indonesia's Christian minority come amid a rise in extremist violence and security lapses in a Southeast Asian nation where supporters of Islamic State have been seeking to wage large-scale attacks. It was the first time children have been involved in waging a terrorist attack in Indonesia, and the country's deadliest act of terror in almost a decade.
Police sources said seven churchgoers and security personnel died in near-simultaneous morning bombings at three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city, on the island of Java.
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Mr. Karnavian said that in one of the attacks, the family's mother and two daughters, ages 9 and 12, were killed when they detonated one or more bombs at the entrance to a church. He said he believed all three had bombs wrapped around their waists.
In another attack, he said two sons, ages 16 and 18, drove a motorcycle onto the grounds of a church and detonated a bomb. The biggest explosion was at a third church, where police believe the father detonated a car bomb.
Dozens of people were injured and taken to hospitals. Police said they defused bombs at Santa Maria Catholic church.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bomb-attacks-rock-three-indonesia-churches-1526177568
The attacks on Indonesia's Christian minority come amid a rise in extremist violence and security lapses in a Southeast Asian nation where supporters of Islamic State have been seeking to wage large-scale attacks. It was the first time children have been involved in waging a terrorist attack in Indonesia, and the country's deadliest act of terror in almost a decade.
Police sources said seven churchgoers and security personnel died in near-simultaneous morning bombings at three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city, on the island of Java.
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Mr. Karnavian said that in one of the attacks, the family's mother and two daughters, ages 9 and 12, were killed when they detonated one or more bombs at the entrance to a church. He said he believed all three had bombs wrapped around their waists.
In another attack, he said two sons, ages 16 and 18, drove a motorcycle onto the grounds of a church and detonated a bomb. The biggest explosion was at a third church, where police believe the father detonated a car bomb.
Dozens of people were injured and taken to hospitals. Police said they defused bombs at Santa Maria Catholic church.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bomb-attacks-rock-three-indonesia-churches-1526177568
