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.
Debris are seen outside Santa Maria church where an explosion went off in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP)
Debris are seen outside Santa Maria church where an explosion went off in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (AP)
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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.

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