An suicide bomber target Palm Sunday today in Indonesia, see what happened.

 An suicide bomber target Palm Sunday today in Indonesia, see what happened.

Makassar, Indonesia – Police said that a suicide bomber detonated himself outside the crowded Roman Catholic cathedral on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi during Palm Sunday Mass, injuring at least 14 people.

A mobile phone video obtained by the Associated Press showed that fragments of the body scattered near a burning motorcycle at the gate of the Cathedral of Jesus in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi.

At the time of the attack, Indonesia was on high alert after the arrest of Jemaah Islamiyah leader Aris Sumasono (also known as Zulkan) in December.

Williams Tullack, the Catholic priest who led the mass, told reporters when the bomb detonated around 10:30 a.m. that a loud noise shocked the congregation of the Sunday ceremony that had just begun before Easter Sunday.

He said that at the time of the explosion, the first people to go to the church were walking out of the church, while another group was coming in.

He said that the security guards suspected that the two drivers wanted to enter the church. One of them detonated his explosives and died in a confrontation with the guards near the door. The wounded included four guards and several church members.

National Police spokesman Argo Yuvono said at a press conference in the capital Jakarta that police are still trying to identify two motorcycle attackers using powerful explosives.

He said that the police were investigating whether they had links with the local affiliates of the banned Jemaah Islamiyah network or acted independently.

About 64 suspects were detained in several provinces by Indonesia's anti-terrorism team known as Densus 88, including 19 suspects in Makassar last month. Before arrest, the police and places of worship may be attacked.

Indonesia is a Muslim-majority country in the world. Since the bombing of the resort in Bali in 2002, Indonesia has been fighting militants, killing 202 people, most of whom are foreign tourists. In recent years, attacks against foreigners have been largely replaced by smaller and less deadly attacks against the government, police and anti-terrorist forces, as well as armed elements who are regarded as infidels.

In 2008, a court banned Jemaah Islamiyah, which was weakened by continuous repression. In recent years, inspired by attacks by the Islamic Group abroad, a new threat has emerged.

The last major attack in the country occurred in May 2018, when two families carried out a suicide bombing in Surabaya, the second largest city, killing more than a dozen people, including two young girls, whose parents involved them in one attack. Police said their father was the leader of a local affiliate of the Islamic State organization known as Jemaah Anshorut.