Today a Christian church in Indonesia was attacked by two suicide bombers as Christians were celebrating Palm Sunday. Approximately 20 people have been injured and the two bombers, one of whom was reportedly a woman, were blown to pieces. They arrived at the church on a motorbike, were refused entry by security, and at that point, detonated the bomb.
The below article is from Indian Express. I found it on the 4th page of my Google search. After muddling through CNN, BBC, Reuters, NPR, etc., it was the first one I found that gave specifics as to who might be behind the attack.
Here is more on Yahoo.com. They report that Indonesian police now believe that Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, an extremist group inspired by ISIS, is behind the attack.
This video shows the moment of explosion (Viewer warning).
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country. I have a good friend, a German, who is retired in Indonesia and is married to an Indonesian Christian. He says Christians are protected by Indonesia and that he has felt safe. Of course, the country suffered the infamous Bali attack in 2002, so they are hardly immune from extremism.
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