Indonesia links church attacks to local Islamic State-inspired group
Country's intelligence agency told Metro TV that the attacks were likely to be linked to a deadly prison hostage incident at a jail near Jakarta involving Islamist militants last week.
Published: 13th May 2018 10:21 AM | Last Updated: 13th May 2018 10:21 AM | A+A A-
Debris are seen outside Santa Maria church where an explosion went off in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP)
JAKARTA: A series of attacks in Indonesia by suicide bombers on churches in the city of Surabaya were suspected to be carried out by the Islamic state-inspired group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), a spokesman for the country's intelligence agency said on Sunday.
Wawan Purwanto, communication director at the agency, also told Metro TV that the attacks were likely to be linked to a deadly prison hostage incident at a jail near Jakarta involving Islamist militants last week.
Asked who he thought were the brains behind the attacks, Purwano said: "Still the old group, JAD, who has planned this for sometime.
