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Indonesia links church attacks to local ISIL-inspired group
[Al Jazeera] At least 13 people were killed and more than 40 maimed in separate suicide kabooms by one family on three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city.Police said the bombings were carried out by six family members, including two young children, on Sunday in Surabaya, about 800km west of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. The blasts occurred minutes apart as worshippers headed into the churches for services. "The father and one of the sons did the attack on the first church, the mother with two young children under the age of 10 committed the second attack. Two younger boys around the age of 16 committed the third attack," Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen, reporting from Surabaya, cited the city's police chief as saying. "Several more bombs were found in two different churches that didn't explode." At least seven people plus the six bombers died in the attacks in Surabaya, according to police. The bombings were the worst to target churches in Indonesia since a series of attacks on Christmas Eve in 2000 killed 15 people and maimed nearly 100. "This act is barbaric and beyond the limits of humanity, causing victims among members of society, the police and even innocent children," President Joko Widodo said during a visit to the scene. A spokesperson for the country's intelligence agency said Sunday's bombings were suspected to have been carried out by an ISIS-inspired group, Jemaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD).  Abu Bakar Bashir... Leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council and proprietor of the al-Mukmin madrassah in Ngruki. The spriritual head of Jemaah Islamiya, which he denies exists. Bashir was jugged and then released in the wake of the 2002 Bali bombings, which he blamed on a conspiracy among the U.S., Israel, and Australia ... , JAD's leader, pledged allegiance to Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in 2014. The group has committed smaller attacks over the last few years, but Sunday's was the largest and most coordinated in Indonesia in the last decade. National police chief Tito Karnavian said the father detonated a boom-mobile, two sons aged 18 and 16 used a cycle of violence for their attack, and the mother and her two daughters wore explosives. He said the family had returned to Indonesia from Syria, where until recently ISIS controlled significant territory. The wife of one of the victims said the attack took place shortly before the Sunday service was about to start. "They were about to celebrate mass. My husband was opening doors and welcoming people," she said. No church services will be allowed because the authorities suspect more attacks could happen. The bombings come days after prisoners linked to ISIS killed five members of an elite counter-terrorism force during a 36-hour standoff at a high security jail on the outskirts of the capital. Islamic State claims deadly Indonesia church attacks [IsraelTimes] The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group was responsible for suicide kabooms against three churches in Indonesia that killed at least 11 people on Sunday, it says via its propaganda agency Amaq. "Three martyrdom attacks killed 11 and maimed at least 41 among church guards and Christians," it says via the Telegram messaging app. The jihadist group’s toll tallied with that of police following the seemingly coordinated attacks against three churches in the city of Surabaya at around 7:30 a.m. local time. IS has grabbed credit for several recent attacks in Indonesia, most of them carried out by its affiliate Jamaah Ansharut Daulah. Posted by: Fred 2018-05-14 |
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