PALU, Sulawesi — Indonesian Christians were in shock Nov. 21 as details emerged of two vicious attacks on a Christian couple and three teenagers in the town of Palu, Central Sulawesi. Motorbike riders shot a man and woman at close range shortly after they left a church service Nov. 19.
Palu is near the town of Poso, where machete and shooting attacks have killed four teenage girls and seriously injured two others since October.
The victims of the Nov. 19 shooting were identified as Novlin Pallinggi, 37, and her husband Pudji Laksono, 45. Pallinggi remains in critical condition, while Laksono is stable.
In the same town Nov. 18, two women and one man were attacked with machetes, killing one of the women. Officials have refused to comment on the religious affiliation of the three victims.
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