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A policeman leads a sniffer dog for a security sweep of a church in Surabaya on March 31, 2021, ahead of Easter following a suicide bombing at a cathedral in Makassar. Indonesian cops arrested six suspected terrorists in South Sulawesi linked to a suicide bombing by a married couple. - AFP JAKARTA, April 13 (Xinhua): The Indonesian police's Densus 88 counter-terrorism squad on Tuesday arrested six suspected terrorists in South Sulawesi linked to a suicide bombing by a married couple at the Makassar Cathedral church, an official said.
The National Police's spokesman Rusdi Hartono said the suspects communicated through a WhatsApp group called the Iman Battalion.
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Indonesia: Members of Search and Rescue (SAR) team evacuate a victim of flash floods and landslides in Flores Timur district, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. (Basarnas in Maumere/Handout via Xinhua). Image Source: IANS News
Jakarta, April 13 : The death toll from the floods and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone Seroja in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province has increased to 179 with 45 still missing, the National Disaster Management Agency said.
"We have been able to reach all the affected areas and there are no more isolated villages," East Nusa Tenggara's Deputy Governor Josef Nae Soi told a virtual press conference with the National Disaster Management Agency.
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Cyclone Seroja Wreaks Havoc In Indonesia, Death Toll Rises To 177
Tropical Cyclone Seroja in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province has claimed 177 lives while 45 people are still missing; several villages remained cut off.
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At least 177 people have died and 45 people are still missing in flash floods and landslides caused by Tropical Cyclone Seroja in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province. Several villages in the region have been cut off due to rock slides. Cyclone Seroja on April 5 made landfall and brought torrential rain and cold lava floods in East Indonesia.
Tropical Cyclone Seroja causes deaths
The villages in the region are still cut off including those in the Kupang district. The authorities will deploy helicopters and ferries to distribute food and other essentials to the people living in these areas, news agency ANI quoted the province's Deputy Governor Josef Nae Soi as saying in a virtual press conference jointly held with the National Disaster Management Agency. The deaths reported in the districts of East Flores stands at 72.
SerojaNusa-tenggara-timurIndonesiaKupangAustraliaNusa-tenggaraIndonesia-generalAustralianGeophysics-agencyNational-disaster-management-agencyTropical-cyclone-serojaJAKARTA, April 11 (Xinhua): The death toll from tropical cyclone Seroja in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province rose to 177, with 45 other people still missing and several villages remaining isolated as land routes were cut off due to rock slides, a local official said on Sunday.
"The villages are still isolated including those in Kupang district. Tomorrow we will deploy helicopters and ferries to distribute aid to these areas," the province's Deputy Governor Josef Nae Soi said in a virtual press conference jointly held with the National Disaster Management Agency.
The cyclone related deaths in the province were mostly reported in the districts of East Flores, at 72, Lembata, at 47 and Alor, at 28. Six deaths were recorded in the provincial capital Kupang.
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