The suicide bomber FAMILY: Thirteen are killed and 41 hurt after a mother, father and their four children as young as NINE blow themselves up in ‘ISIS-inspired’ attacks on three churches in Indonesia
Bombs targeted three different churches in Surabaya, killing at least 13 people
TV footage showed one church where the yard in front appeared engulfed in fire
Islamic State-inspired group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah believed to be responsible
DANIEL ROTH
DAILYMAIL.COM
13 May 2018
Suicide bombers from the same family killed at least 13 people and wounded 41 in attacks on Christians attending Sunday morning services at three churches in Indonesia.
All six family members were killed in the attacks in Surabaya and at least 41 people were injured, in acts that Indonesia’s president condemned as ‘barbaric’.
The bombings were the worst to target churches in Indonesia since a series of attacks on Christmas Eve in 2000 killed 15 people and wounded nearly 100.
Religious minorities in Indonesia, especially Christians, have been repeatedly targeted by militants.
National police chief Tito Karnavian said that the father exploded a car bomb, two sons aged 18 and 16 used a motorcycle for their attack, and the mother was with daughters aged 12 and nine for her attack.
Mr Karnavian said the family had returned to Indonesia from Syria, where until recently the Islamic State group controlled significant territory.
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