Police: IS-linked militants kill four Christians in Indonesia (update)


Central Sulawesi Province Police and special forces officers inspecting the site of an attack, believed to be by Islamic State-linked extremists, that killed four people in a remote Christian community of Lembantongoa village, in Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Saturday (Nov 28, 2020). - AFP

PALU, Indonesia, Nov 28 (AFP): Islamic State-linked extremists killed four people in a remote Christian community on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, authorities said Saturday, with one victim beheaded and another burned to death.

The group of sword-and-gun wielding attackers ambushed Lembantongoa village in Central Sulawesi province Friday morning, killing several residents and torching half a dozen homes, including one used for regular prayers and services, police said.

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