Indonesian police arrest six suspected terrorists linked to Makassar Cathedral bombing; Cyclone Seroja death toll now 148; 47 still missing


A policeman leads a sniffer dog for a security sweep of a church in Surabaya on March 31, 2021, ahead of Easter following a suicide bombing at a cathedral in Makassar. Indonesian cops arrested six suspected terrorists in South Sulawesi linked to a suicide bombing by a married couple. - AFP

JAKARTA, April 13 (Xinhua): The Indonesian police's Densus 88 counter-terrorism squad on Tuesday arrested six suspected terrorists in South Sulawesi linked to a suicide bombing by a married couple at the Makassar Cathedral church, an official said.

The National Police's spokesman Rusdi Hartono said the suspects communicated through a WhatsApp group called the Iman Battalion.

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