The Indonesian army has deployed a special force to hunt for suspected Islamic state-linked militants behind a deadly attack on Christians.
Four Salvation Army members were killed – one of them beheaded – in an ambush on Sulawesi Island on Friday.
Intolerance against Indonesia’s Christian minority has been rising as the Muslim-majority country battles an ongoing Islamic militancy.
A church body denounced the killings as terrorism rather than a religious feud.
A group of men wielding swords and guns attacked a Salvation Army outpost in remote Lemban Tongoa village in central Sulawesi province on Friday morning.
They killed four of its male Christian members – beheading one victim – and burned down homes, including one used for prayers, the village leader and police told news media.
Four Salvation Army members were killed – one of them beheaded – in an ambush on Sulawesi Island on Friday.
Intolerance against Indonesia’s Christian minority has been rising as the Muslim-majority country battles an ongoing Islamic militancy.
A church body denounced the killings as terrorism rather than a religious feud.
A group of men wielding swords and guns attacked a Salvation Army outpost in remote Lemban Tongoa village in central Sulawesi province on Friday morning.
They killed four of its male Christian members – beheading one victim – and burned down homes, including one used for prayers, the village leader and police told news media.
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