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he National Police have named five suspects in a Molotov cocktail attack on the Oikumene Church in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Sunday.

“As of today, in regard to the Samarinda church attack, five people have been named suspects, including Johanda,” National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar told journalists on Thursday.

Johanda, alias Jo Bin Muhammad Aceng Kurnia, 32, was earlier reported to be the alleged attacker in the incident.

The attack, which occurred just after the Oikumene Church congregation finished Sunday Mass, severely injured four children who were playing in the church compound. One of the children, Intan Olivia Marbun, 3, was pronounced dead at Abdul Wahab Sjahranie General Hospital in Samarinda on Monday as a result of injuries she suffered in the attack.

The alleged perpetrator, Johanda, tried to flee the scene after reportedly throwing the Molotov cocktail by jumping into Mahakam River near the church. Residents caught him and handed him over to the police.

Boy said Densus 88 counterterrorism squad had arrested 21 people but named only five of them suspects, while the rest were still being questioned.