Jakarta - Four churches in Indonesia were bombed yesterday and one person was killed.
Christian, Adventist and Pentecostal churches in the Central Sulawesi capital of Palu were rocked by simultaneous blasts as midnight struck, shattering church windows and injuring one person, the deputy national police spokesman, Mr Edward Aritonang, said.
A fourth bomb exploded as worshippers gathered to celebrate New Year's Day mass at another church at 9.30 a.m., injuring two policemen who were inspecting the parcel it was wrapped in, Mr Aritonang said.
The explosions pierced a shaky truce, in operation since December 20th when warring Christian and Muslim communities signed a peace accord, following attacks by militant Muslims on Christian villages in November that killed nine people.