Indonesia: Suicide bombers attack police headquarters; 10 people injured
Two militants on a motorcycle blew themselves up at a police headquarters in Indonesia's second city Surabaya today, wounding at least 10 people including four police officers, authorities said, a day after a deadly wave of suicide bombings hit churches. CCTV footage showed that two motorbikes, each with two people onboard, stopped at the security checkpoint of police headquarters before the explosion. Here's more.
This is cowardly act, undignified and inhumane: Indonesian President
East Java Police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said, there was no immediate claim of responsibility of the attack. "This is a cowardly act, undignified and inhumane," Indonesian President Joko Widodo said, adding there will be no compromise in taking action on the ground against terrorism.
Family of suicide bombers attacked three churches on Sunday
The lethal explosion comes just a day after a family of six including, a mother, father, two daughters aged nine and 12, and two sons aged 16 and 18, staged suicide bombings at three churches in Surabaya during Sunday services. Considered Indonesia's deadliest attack in years, it claimed the lives of 14 civilians; the toll could climb with more than 40 injured in hospital.
Church attackers were linked to extremist network JAD
The Church attackers were linked to local extremist network Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) which supports Islamic State (IS), police said. The mother, identified as Puji Kuswati, and her two daughters were wearing niqab face veils and had bombs strapped to their waists as they entered the grounds of the Kristen Indonesia Diponegoro Church and blew themselves up, police have said.
Father drove bomb-laden car to Pentecostal-Church; sons into Santa Maria-church
The father, JAD cell leader Dita Priyanto, drove a bomb-laden car into the Surabaya Center Pentecostal Church while his sons rode motorcycles into Santa Maria church, where they detonated explosives they were carrying, according to authorities. JAD, led by jailed radical Aman Abdurrahman, has been linked to several deadly incidents, including a 2016 gun and suicide attack in the capital Jakarta.
Bomb exploded at apartment complex; 3 people killed, 2 wounded
Three people in another family were killed and two wounded when another bomb exploded at an apartment complex about 30km from Surabaya, just hours later, police said. A mother and child duo died from the explosion while police said they shot dead the father who was carrying a bomb detonator. Two other children were injured in the blast and were taken to a hospital.
Four suspected JAD members were killed in shootout
The police on Sunday said that four suspected JAD members were killed in a shootout during raids linked to a deadly prison riot this week. Five members of Indonesia's elite anti-terrorism squad and a prisoner were killed in clashes that saw Islamist inmates take a guard hostage at a high-security jail on the outskirts of Jakarta. IS claimed responsibility.
