Heavy security at Indonesia churches as they get ready for Easter Sunday


In the wake of a church attack in South Sulawesi on March 28, soldiers the check worshippers at the entrance to the St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral during Mass on Good Friday, Friday, April 2, 2021 in Jakarta, Indonesia. - AP

JAKARTA, April 3 (AFP): Christians in Indonesia celebrated Good Friday under heavy security with forces on high alert following a suicide bomb attack at a cathedral last week.

Heavily armed police and military personnel were seen at churches during Easter celebrations across the vast Muslim-majority nation, where Christians form 10 percent of the population.

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