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Indonesian police shot dead three men who attacked the headquarters of the Riau province police on Sumatra island on May 16. A policeman was also killed in the attack.

Indonesia’s police on May 15 shot dead a militant and arrested 13 others suspected of links to suicide bombings in Surabaya city on on May 13 and 14, which left at least 20 dead and many others injured.

Indonesia’s police are worried about new attacks after a series of bombings hitting East Java province on May 13 and 14 left at least 20 dead and many others injured.

Vietnam strongly condemns the recent terror attacks in Surabaya city of Indonesia, including inhuman attacks at three churches in the early morning of May 13 that left many civilians dead and injured, said the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.

Indonesia’s police has confirmed that a family of five, including an eight-year-old girl, were the perpetrators of the bomb attack on the police headquarters in Surabaya, which killed four people and injured at least 16 others, on May 14 morning.

Major cities and regions in Indonesia, including Jakarta capital, Riau islands, East Java and Bali island, have raised their security alert status to the highest level after a series of bomb attacks.

Indonesia police said on late May 13 that the three consecutive bombings at three Christian churches in Surabaya earlier the same day were conducted by a family of six, including four children aged 9 to 18.