14 injured in suicide attack targeting Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia

14 injured in suicide attack targeting Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia
Police officers inspect the scene after a suicide bombing outside a church in Makassar, Indonesia (Masyudi S Firmansyah/AP)

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island during a Palm Sunday Mass, wounding at least 14 people, police said.

A video obtained by the Associated Press showed a burning motorbike at the gates of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province.

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