MABINTI Jaya, 61, fell face-first. Blood flowed from his head, shoulders and hands. In the Sunday bombing two weeks ago, this security guard of the Immanuel Parish Church of Lolu in Palu, Central Sulawesi, was helpless.

The atmosphere at 7pm Central Indonesian Time (WITA) changed suddenly from calm into confusion. The congregation, listening at the time to a sermon by Preacher Erna Lagarince, fell into chaos. The sermon gave way to screamin