Eight killed in multiple bomb attacks in Indonesia's Surabaya city
Surabaya, May 13 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed when suicide bombers attacked three churches in Indonesia's Surabaya city on Sunday, media reports said.
"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," BBC reported.
Majority of the population in Indonesia is Muslim while there are people belonging to the Christian, Hindu and Buddhist communities.
According to media reports, the country has been witnessing a resurgence of Islamist militancy in recent months.
The attacks reportedly left 38 people injured.
Suicides bom in surabaya break the norms of religion and humanity, states must responsibilty to promote freedom of expression in this country. pic.twitter.com/QEJsipYhb6
— wendy (@wendy67873561) May 13, 2018
The explosions targeted the Santa Maria Catholic Church, the Indonesian Christian Church and the Pentecost Central Church. The St. Maria explosion killed four people and two people were killed at each of the other two churches, East Java Police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera told CNN.
Two people later died in a hospital, reports said.
East Java Provincial Police Senior Commissioner Frans Barung Mangera told Antara news agency: "Give us time to conduct investigation in the locations."
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