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28 Mar, 13 tweets, 8 min read
#BREAKING Explosion outside church in Indonesian city of Makassar: media
#UPDATES There were no immediate reports of casualties after an explosion outside a church in the Indonesian city of Makassar
News footage showed damaged cars as police cordoned off the area
The source of the blast was not clear
#BREAKING An explosion at a cathedral in the Indonesian city of Makassar was likely caused by a bomb, with body parts littering the chaotic scene, police say
#UPDATES "There was an explosion and we suspect it was a bomb," South Sulawesi police spokesman E. Zulpan says

"We also found body parts and we're investigating whether they're from bombers or bystanders... Some injured victims have been taken to hospital"
#BREAKING Two bombers suspected in Indonesia cathedral blast: police
#UPDATES "There were two people riding on a motorbike when the explosion happened at the main gate of the church -- the perpetrators were trying to enter the church compound," National Police spokesman Argo Yuwono says of the explosion in Makassar city
#UPDATES Suicide bombing at a church in Makassar city, Indonesia, leaves at least 14 church officials and congregants hurt, while local police say at least one bomber died at scene, but did not confirm if both died u.afp.com/UY6v
VIDEO: 🇮🇩 A cathedral in #Makassar on Indonesia's Sulawesi island was rocked by a suspected suicide bombing on Sunday that wounded more than a dozen as Christians inside celebrated the start of Holy Week, an attack slammed by the country's leader as an "act of terror"
#BREAKING Indonesia church attack was suicide bombing: chief security minister
#BREAKING Two bombers killed in Indonesia church suicide attack: chief security minister
#UPDATE A cathedral on Indonesia's Sulawesi island was rocked by a suicide bombing on Sunday that wounded at least 20 people as worshippers celebrated the start of Holy Week, an attack slammed by the country's president as an "act of terror" u.afp.com/UYbN #Makassar
#BREAKING Indonesia church suicide bomber member of pro-IS terror network: police
#UPDATE One of two suicide bombers who attacked a cathedral on Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Palm Sunday belonged to a pro-Islamic State extremist group blamed for other church bombings in Indonesia and the Philippines, police said #Makassar

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