An explosion ripped through a Roman Catholic cathedral compound in the eastern Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday morning, shattering the calm of Palm Sunday, a holy day for Christians. Father Wilhelmus Tulak, a priest at the cathedral, told Metro TV, an Indonesian network, that a parking attendant had been burned as he tried to stop a suicide bomber. The cathedral was between Masses when two motorcyclists approached, looking suspicious, Father Wilhelmus told Metro TV. Last year, a Roman Catholic cathedral was bombed for the third time on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines, killing at least 14 people. A 2019 suicide attack on the same cathedral, which killed more than 20 people, was carried out by an Indonesian couple.

Source: The Nation March 28, 2021 06:08 UTC