19 suspects planned Serpong church bombing: Ansyad

National Antiterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief Ansyaad Mbai says 19 suspects arrested in relation to the recent book bombs planned to blow up the Christ Cathedral in Serpong, Tangerang.

“All those arrested are suspects connected to the book bombs, and planned to blow up the church,” he said after a security meeting at the Presidential Palace on Thursday, as quoted by tribunnews.com.

The suspects had placed a series of explosives near the church, he said.
National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo said the police had identified 19 suspects related to the bombs.

Among these were suspected actors involved in the placement of explosives under a gas pipeline in Serpong, not far from the cathedral.