IT was afternoon prayer time at Al-Ikhsan mosque, Sanolo village, Bolo district, Bima regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), on Monday last week. Fuadin, 42, was going to recite verses when he heard a loud explosion. The sound came from Pesantren Umar bin Khattab, an Islamic boarding school less than half a kilometer from Al-Ikhsan. The Sanolo village secretary ran to the pesantren.

There, he found a santri (student) outside the gate. He denied the