Indonesia: Two Indonesian Churches Receive Bomb Threats
— Compass reports “Islamic groups demand halt to threatened congregation’s worship.”
— “Two churches in the greater Jakarta area have received bomb threats.”
— “In East Jakarta, the pastor of a Batak Protestant Christian Church (Huria Kristen Batak Protestan, or HKBP) on Bogor Street received a threatening phone call before Sunday services on Oct. 4. The church building is located near the headquarters of an elite police corps.”
— “The unknown caller to the Rev. Abidan Simanungkalit’s cell phone said the bomb would explode during the morning worship service, the pastor told Compass.”
— “‘I was startled to receive the short message,’ he said. ‘I immediately phoned some church leaders and then called police.'”
— “Scores of police and bomb squad officers came to the site and combed the area for a bomb, discovering a black package in a garbage container near the front of the church building. It contained four large batteries, a small wall clock and a tin can, and after a two hours police determined that it was not a bomb.”