JAKARTA (AFP) - An Indonesian militant and his wife carried out January suicide bombings at a Catholic cathedral in the Philippines that killed 21 people, Jakarta said on Thursday (Sept 5), citing DNA tests.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA - An Indonesian militant and his wife carried out January suicide bombings at a Catholic cathedral in the Philippines that killed 21 people, Jakarta said on Thursday , citing DNA tests.
The couple had earlier tried to go to Syria to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and subsequently underwent an Indonesian government deradicalisation programme. In January, two explosions ripped through a cathedral on the Philippines' Muslim-majority island of Jolo, killing worshippers at Sunday mass and security forces - raising fears about growing links between militants in South-east Asia.
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