2010-12-10 15:52:46

Bomb in a church in Central Java, Archbishop calls for calm


(December 10, 2010) An archbishop has appealed for calm after recent bomb attacks on Christian places of worship in Indonesia. Archbishop Johannes Pujasumarta of Semarang called the entire Catholic community to remain calm after two bombs were exploded on Tuesday in Christ the King Church in the district of Gawok in Central Java. The explosives were placed in two milk cans, along with nails and small stones. The attack is the latest in a series of attacks on Christian places of worship. On Sunday a letter bomb was found in the Protestant church in Muria Indonesia in Surakarta, shortly before the service began; and on Dec. 1, an attempt was foiled near the shrine of the Sendand Sriningsih Virgin Mary. Earlier in October, a letter bomb was found in a Protestant church in GKJ Gebyog in Kartasura.







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