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Family of suicide bombers kill at least 13 in Indonesia6

2018-05-14 1 Dailymotion

Now for a look at stories making headlines around the world and we start in Indonesia…<br />A family of six launched a wave of suicide bombings on Sunday in the country's second-largest city, killing at least 13 people and wounding 40 others. <br />For more on this and other international news we turn to our Ro Aram… <br />Aram… these attacks are being described as the worst since the Bali bombings in 2005, which killed 20…<br />What do we know so far?<br /><br /> Well Mark… we know that the family of six were inspired by the Islamic State group, which has claimed responsibility for the attacks.<br /> It didn't mention anything about families or children taking part and said there were only three attackers. <br />Local police say the husband and father of four detonated a car bomb in front of a church. <br />His wife and two daughters, the youngest of whom was nine years old, attacked a second church and a third was targeted by two sons aged 18 and 16, using a motorcycle with bombs on their laps. <br />Police said the family had returned to Indonesia from Syria, where until recently the Islamic State group controlled significant territory.<br /> President Joko Widodo visited the scene of the attacks, describing them as barbaric and beyond the limits of humanity.<br />Pope Francis also offered his prayers for the victims.<br />Streets around the bombed churches were blocked and heavily armed police stood guard as forensic and bomb squad officers combed the area for clues. <br /> The attacks are the deadliest in Indonesia linked to IS and the worst since October 2005, when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in Bali restaurants killing 20. <br />Although Indonesia has had some success in cracking down on terrorism, but there has been a resurgence of Islamic attacks in recent years amid the rise of IS overseas. <br />

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