JAKARTA, Apr 15 (NNN-ANTARA) – Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, have deployed personnel to secure the city’s cathedral for the Easter commemoration being held till Sunday, to prevent criminal or terror acts.
Situated in Central Jakarta’s sub-district of Sawah Besar, the cathedral will be safeguarded by at least 100 joint security personnel, including those from the police and the military, Chief of the Sawah Besar Police, Commissioner Maulana Mukarom, told reporters yesterday.
Visitors will have to pass through a metal detector and X-ray machine before entering the worship place, he said.
“The current safeguarding scheme is still similar to what we did here last year,” Mukarom added.
Some churches in Indonesia had suffered terror attacks in the past. In Mar last year, two suicide bombers attacked a cathedral in the city of Makassar in South Sulawesi province, when a Palm Sunday service was being conducted.
Around 20 people were wounded, while the two bombers, who were a couple, died at the scene.– NNN-ANTARA
