Eleven people have been killed following an attack on three churches by suicide bombers on Sunday, reported the BBC. The incident is estimated to be the deadliest attack in recent years to hit the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation. Media reports revealed that one family was behind all three attacks. A mother and her children blew themselves up at one church while the father and his two sons targeted two others. The attacks, which occurred within minutes of each other in what seemed to have been a coordinated event, took place in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city, in East Java. The assailants included suicide and possibly vehicle bombings, namely a motorcycle, for the execution of their attacks. One of the hit churches was the Santa Maria Catholic church, where one of the attackers was killed when his bomb detonated. Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, Indonesia’s intelligence agency previously suspected an Islamic State-inspired group by the name of Jemaah Ansharut Daulah and not Islamic State itself. According to local police, eleven people were killed while 40 wounded, including policemen, were in hospitals. Churches in other cities, such as…
