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The suicide bomb attacks in three churches in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday increasingly affirm that terrorism remains a real threat in Indonesia. The incidents, which killed 13 people, including children.
A bomb squad officer investigates on Sunday (13/5/2018) the site of the explosion at the Saint Mary Immaculate (SMTB) Catholic Church of Surabaya on Jl. Ngagel Madya in Surabaya, East Java. The East Java Police stated there were three nearly simultaneous explosions at three churches in Surabaya shortly before mass on Sunday.
The suicide bomb attacks in three churches in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday increasingly affirm that terrorism remains a real threat in Indonesia.
The incidents, which killed 13 people – including children – happened five days after police officers were held hostage at the National Police’s Mobile Brigade headquarters (Mako Brimob) in Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java. The 36-hour standoff led to the deaths of the five police officers, who were executed by terror inmates.