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Samarinda church attacker spent three days making bomb: Police
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Sectarianism: Police personnel inspect the site of a molotov cocktail attack on the Oikumene Christian Church in Sengkotek subdistrict, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Sunday. (dok/Polda Kaltim)
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he man who attacked the Oikumene church in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, spent three days making the Molotov cocktail he threw at the Christian house of worship on Sunday, a police official has said.
“The perpetrator made [the bomb] at his home, located behind a mosque on Jl. Cipto Mangunkusumo. He made it alone,” National Police spokesman Ins. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said on Monday as reported by tribunnews.com.
Boy revealed that the perpetrator, identified as Johanda, 37, used fertilizer, sulfur, charcoal and alcohol to make the bomb.
“The materials are easy to find in the market,” he said, adding that police had searched the house and had found several goods, including a laptop and a cell phone, which would be examined further.
(Read also: Kalimantan church bomber linked to IS movement)
Boy said Johanda learned how to make rudimentary bombs when he joined a militant training camp led by Dul Matin in Aceh from 2009 to 2011.
The perpetrator threw a Molotov cocktail when the congregation had just finished Sunday mass.
One child, Intan Olivia Marbun, 3, died on Monday morning at Abdil Wahab Sjahranie General Hospital in Samarinda as a result of injuries she suffered in the attack.
Three other children were injured and they are presently being treated at the hospital for burns injuries. (jun)
