Posted on 05/13/2018 5:10:31 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
A family of six launched suicide attacks on Christians attending Sunday services at three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city of Surabaya, killing at least 13 people and wounding 40, officials said.
Police said the family who carried out Sunday's attacks were among 500 Islamic sympathizers who had returned from Syria.
"The husband drove the car, an Avanza, that contained explosives and rammed it into the gate in front of that church," East Java police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera told reporters at the regional police headquarters in Surabaya.
The wife and two daughters were involved in an attack on a second church and at the third church "two other children rode the motorbike and had the bomb across their laps", Mangera said.
The two daughters were aged 12 and 9 while the other two, thought to be the man's sons, were 18 and 16, police said.
They blamed the bombings on the Islamic State-inspired group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD). JAD is an umbrella organization on a U.S. State Department “terrorist” list.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The attacks come days after militant Islamist prisoners killed five members of an elite counter-terrorism force during a 36-hour standoff at a high security jail on the outskirts of the capital, Jakarta.
At St Mary's catholic church, a witness said he saw a person on a motorbike drive in carrying a cardboard box.
In the third location, the Indonesian Christian Church, veiled women entered the church's yard where they were stopped by a security guard before an explosion occurred at the same spot.
There has been a resurgence of Islamist activity in recent years, some of it linked to the rise of Islamic State.
(Excerpt) Read more at aol.com ...
Islamic family values.
A family that goes to church together.
Muslims are so screwed up, it’s almost incomprehensible.
A family that explodes together never stays together.
This is the work of the devil. This is the result of worshipping the devil.
There are only 2 choices: God or the evil devil. These inhumane attacks are not directed by our loving God.
Maybe the Romans had it right, if one member of the family tries to subvert the government kill the whole family.
A religion of peace our politicians tell us! A protected class so now their families can attack us. When do we get serious?
Family values of murder...Charlie Manson and this family has the same family values Death by murder...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.