IS sympathiser behind Indonesia police headquarters attack: official

Police personnel set up security checks ahead of Easter outside a church in Solo on April 1, 2021, following the March 28 suicide bombing at a cathedral in Makassar. - AFP

JAKARTA (AFP): An armed woman shot dead at Indonesia's national police headquarters Wednesday (March 31) was an Islamic State sympathiser, authorities said, citing social media posts she made shortly before the fatal gun battle.

Indonesia has been on high alert in recent days after two suicide bombers -- alleged members of a pro-IS extremist group -- blew themselves up at a church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island, wounding about 20 people.