Indonesian police identify newlywed couple with Islamic State ties behind Palm Sunday suicide bombing

  • National Police chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo said both attackers – a man and a woman – were members of extremist group Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD)
  • Both suspects in the attack were killed as they rode a motorbike into the compound of the church, setting off what authorities said was an improvised explosive device

Armed police officers stand guard along a closed road following an explosion outside a Catholic church in Makassar, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia on Sunday. Photo: Antara Foto / Arnas Padda via Reuters
Indonesian authorities on Monday identified a newly married couple with suspected militant links as the attackers who used a pressure cooker to blow themselves up outside a Roman Catholic cathedral during Palm Sunday Mass.
The attack wounded 20 people, including four church guards, and broke windows at the church and nearby buildings in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province.
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