Karniavan said he suspected the family involved had recently returned to Indonesia from Syria, where hundreds of Indonesians have travelled to join Islamic State, including entire families. The church attacks were probably linked to the prison hostage standoff, said Wawan Purwanto, the communication director at Indonesia’s intelligence agency. However, the degree of coordination, multiple bombings at three locations just minutes apart, suggests the Surabaya attack was well planned. On Sunday, those same networks discussed the women allegedly involved in the Surabaya attacks. Photograph: Antara Foto/ReutersHours before Sunday’s attacks, Indonesia’s counter-terrorism squad shot dead four suspected terrorists from the JAD network in Cianjur, West Java.

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2018 02:51 UTC