Indonesian Mother Chooses to Forgive Teenage Terrorists Who Killed Her Sons

September 13, 2021 — 09/12/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On May 13, 2018, Wenny Angelina Hudojo went to Santa Maria Catholic Church in Surabaya with her two young sons. As they were walking...

Indonesian Terrorist Suspects Linked to Church Bombing Killed by the Police

January 8, 2021 — 01/08/2021 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On January 6, two suspected Islamic militants with alleged links to Indonesian suicide bombers who attacked a southern Philippines church in 2019, were killed...

Suicide Bomb Plots Foiled by Indonesian Police, Suspects Arrested

October 17, 2019 — 10/17/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday, Indonesian police said they uncovered alleged suicide attack plots targeting officials, security personnel, and places of worship on Java island by suspected...

U.S. Designates IS-Philippines Leader as Global Terrorist

September 13, 2019 — 09/13/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – On September 10, the U.S. government declared the leader of the Islamic State’s militant branch in the Philippines as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist...

Suspects Linked to 2018 Surabaya Church Bombings Arrested

August 28, 2019 — 08/28/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – During an Aug. 26 media briefing, Indonesian police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo told reporters that they have arrested six terrorist suspects, two of whom have...

Women from Southeast Asia Increasingly Involved in Suicide Bombings

August 24, 2019 — 08/24/2019 Malaysia (International Christian Concern) – The involvement of women from the Southeast Asian region in suicide bombing has become more alarming, according to Bukit Aman's Special Branch Counter Terrorism...

Suspects of 2018 Indonesian Church Bombings Sentenced to Prison

March 18, 2019 — 03/18/2019 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – The court in West Jakarta sentenced a married couple to prison last Thursday for their involvement in suicide bombings on three churches and police...

No Evidence of Indonesians Involved in Jolo Church Bombings

February 15, 2019 — 02/15/2019 Philippines (International Christian Concern) – Last week, an investigation team sent by Indonesia to Manila to investigate the twin bombings that killed 23 people at a Jolo cathedral could...

Devastated Surabaya Churches Begin Recovery Process

May 17, 2018 — ICC Note: Two of the three churches attacked by suicide bombers in Surabaya have begun reconstruction work. They also vowed to help those who suffered loss and are still experiencing trauma....

Surabaya Christians Still Shocked After the Bombing Attacks

May 16, 2018 — ICC Note: Christians in Surabaya have not yet recovered from the shock and loss suffered following the suicide bombing attacks on three churches on May 13. Believers came out and shared...