A suspected suicide bomber blew themselves up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding fourteen people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, police and a witness said.
The congregation had been inside the church on the island of Sulawesi at the time of the explosion and the lone attacker was the only fatality, police said.
Father Wilhemus Tulak, a priest at the church, told Indonesian media that the suspected bomber tried to enter the church grounds on a motorbike, but had been stopped by a security guard.
Security camera footage showed a blast that blew flame, smoke and debris into the middle of the road.“We’re investigating whether [the body parts are] from bombers or bystanders… Some injured victims have been taken to hospital.”
Police did not say who might be responsible for the apparent attack and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Police blamed the Daesh-inspired Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) group for suicide attacks in 2018 on churches and a police post in the city of Surabaya that killed over 30 people.The explosion took place on Sunday at a time when the congregation was inside the church, police spokesman E Zulpan told Reuters news agency.
