A Catholic priest holding mass was stabbed by an ISIS terrorist, who then tried –but failed –to blow up a bomb.

The shocking attack occurred in Sumatra, Indonesia. Father Albert Pandiangan was leading mass in the city of Medan when he was approached by a young man.

He stabbed the priest in the left arm, authorities said. He was carrying a homemade explosive device, but it failed to detonate. He was captured quickly, The Mirror is reporting.

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He was also carrying a homemade ISIS flag:

Rina Sari Ginting, a spokeswoman for Medan police, said: “A terrorism act was carried out on Sunday morning at the Saint Joseph Catholic Church. Police are interrogating the perpetrator… and will search his house for any bomb-making materials.”

It is the latest in a string of attacks on Catholics and other religious minorities in the predominantly Muslim country.

Police say they do not believe the attacker was acting alone.

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Detective Nur Fallah said: “Somebody tried to kill the priest by pretending to attend the church service and at that time tried to explode something, like a firecracker, but the firecracker didn’t explode, it only fumed.”

The priest suffered minor injuries and has been taken to hospital for treatment.

In July a suicide bomber linked to the Islamic State group blew himself up outside a police station in Central Java.

An eyewitness, Markus Harianto Manullan, said the assailant wore a jacket and carried a bag. “He sat in the same row as I did… I saw him fiddling with something in his jacket, and then I heard a small explosion and he immediately ran to the podium,” Manullan said.





