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muriel_volestrangler

(101,295 posts)
Sun May 13, 2018, 07:09 AM May 2018

Surabaya attacks: 11 killed in Indonesia church bombings

Suicide bombers have attacked three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city Surabaya, killing at least 11 people.

Around 40 others were injured in the attacks, which occurred within minutes of each other. No group has so far said it carried them out.
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Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority country, has seen a resurgence of Islamist militancy in recent months.

More than 90% of Indonesians are Muslim, but there are also significant populations of Christians, Hindus and Buddhists.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44097771

Members of one family were behind a wave of blasts targeting three churches in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, police say.
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A mother and two children blew herself up at one church, while the father and three sons targeted the other churches, police chief Tito Karnavian said.
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The Islamic State group (IS) has claimed responsibility for the bombings.
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He added that the bombings were likely to be linked to an incident earlier this month, when five members of the security forces were killed during a 36-hour standoff with militant Islamist prisoners at a high security prison on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44100278

Religious terrorism, and killing your own children at the same time. Madness.
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Surabaya attacks: 11 killed in Indonesia church bombings (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler May 2018 OP
But. . . Cartoonist May 2018 #1

Cartoonist

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1. But. . .
Sun May 13, 2018, 09:12 AM
May 2018

So much for the argument that bad people will do bad things irregardless of religion.

This is 100% on religion. Only religion could move a family to carry this out. Only religion could teach such hatred.

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