Suicide bombers in Indonesia identified as newly-wed couple; four terror suspects arrested as Jokowi condemns attack


Members of the police bomb squad shows plastic bags containing items collected near the site of Sunday's explosion at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral including what are believed to be parts of the explosive device used in the suicide bomb attack in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, March 29, 2021. Indonesian authorities on Monday identified a newly married couple with suspected militant links as the attackers who used a pressure cooker to blow themselves up outside the Roman Catholic cathedral during Palm Sunday Mass. - AP

JAKARTA, March 29 (Xinhua): The perpetrators of a suicide bombing on a church in the Indonesian city of Makassar that wounded 19 people on Sunday were identified as a newly-married couple, a police officer said on Monday.

The National Police's spokesman Argo Yuwono said the two were married six months ago.

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