MEDAN, Indonesia: An Indonesian teenager who stabbed a priest in a church and tried to set off a homemade bomb was obsessed with the Islamic State (IS) group leader, a minister said Monday. The congregation tackled the attacker after he ran at Father Albert Pandiangan and knifed him, stopping the teenager before he could do more harm. Security Minister Wiranto said that the attacker was fixated on the leader of IS. An eyewitness said the assailant was seen fiddling in his bag, which produced a small explosion, before he ran towards the priest. A suicide bombing and gun attack in the Indonesian capital in January claimed by IS killed four attackers and four civilians.

Source: Manila Times August 29, 2016 09:56 UTC