JAKARTA–Suicide bombers attacked three churches across Indonesia’s second-largest city of Surabaya on Sunday morning, killing at least five people and wounding almost a dozen others, police said.
“The victims are still being identified,” said Frans Barung Mangera, East Java police spokesman.
Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim-majority country and has seen a recent resurgence in homegrown radical Islamic groups that preach violent jihad against the West and Christian organisations. The majority Sunni Muslim population of Surabaya in East Java, adhere to an interpretation of Islam that subscribes to religious tolerance.
Police told media the attacks were carried out by “suicide bombers” and that at least five people were killed and more wounded in the blasts.
Television images showed debris scattered around the entrance of one church and police cordoning off areas as crowds gathered.
Authorities were also investigating whether there was an explosion at a fourth church.