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Suicide bombers attack Indonesian churches

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May 13 - Suicide bombers killed at least nine people and wounded 40 in attacks on Christians attending Sunday morning services at three churches in Indonesia’s second-largest city of Surabaya, security officials said.


East Java police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said explosions took place in three churches and at least 40 people had been taken to hospital.



“There is one location where we can’t enter yet,” Mangera told reporters near the scene of one of the bombings.



 Television footage showed one church where the yard in front appeared engulfed in fire, with thick, black smoke billowing up. A large blast was heard hours after the attacks, which Mangera said was a bomb disposal squad “securing” a remaining device. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks.



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