INDONESIA: Church attacks committed by same family

A family of six, including a nine-year-old girl, were behind a wave of blasts targeting three churches in Indonesia’s second city of Surabaya, police say. At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured in the attacks. The mother and two daughters blew themselves up at a church, while the father and two sons targeted […]

A family of six, including a nine-year-old girl, were behind a wave of blasts targeting three churches in Indonesia’s second city of Surabaya, police say.

At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured in the attacks.

The mother and two daughters blew themselves up at a church, while the father and two sons targeted two others, according to police.

Police chief Tito Karnavian said the family belonged to an Indonesian IS-inspired network, Jemaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD). The father drove a bomb-laden car into the grounds of Surabaya Centre Pentecostal Church, police said.

The mother and her two daughters – aged 9 and 12 – had bombs strapped to them and blew themselves up at Diponegoro Indonesian Christian Church.