Churches bombed

A family of six, including children ages 9 to 18, coordinated bombing attacks on three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia, yesterday. Seven people died in the attacks in addition to the six family members, and an additional 41 were injured.

photo: nytimes

Islamic State (IS) claims responsibility. The mother and two daughters wore explosives and detonated themselves at Christian Church of Diponegro, the two sons used motorcycles to get onto the grounds at Santa Maria Church, and the father blew up his car bomb at the Pentecostal Church.

"Christians, many of whom are from the ethnic Chinese minority, make up about 9 percent of Indonesia’s 260 million people." Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation.

It's twisted parents who would kill their kids as well as themselves, all for the sake of inflicting injury, destruction, and death on random Christians.

(cont'd tomorrow)