Suspected suicide bomber attacks church in Indonesia
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2011
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Jakarta - A bomb exploded outside a church in Indonesia's city of Solo on Sunday, killing a suspected suicide bomber and injuring several worshippers, police said.
"We still have no complete information on casualties but the person strongly suspected to be the suicide bomber died," Central Java provincial police spokesman Djihartono told Metro TV.
The bomb exploded just as the worshippers were coming out of the Bethel Bible Church after attending a Sunday service, Metro said.
If confirmed, it would the second suicide attack on a place of worship this year.
In April, a man blew himself up at a police mosque in West Java province, injuring 30 worshippers.
Indonesia has been hit by a string of bomb attacks blamed on Islamist militants since 2000.//DPA