ISIS 18 Yr Old Guy Has a Bomb Malfunction During Church Attack

The suspect was taken in for questioning (Picture: EPA)

An Isis suicide bomber attacked a Catholic priest with an axe during Sunday Mass – but failed to set off an explosive device.

The priest, Albert Pandiangan, was injured after he was stabbed in the arm in a church in Medan on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, police said.

  

However, the 18-year-old attacker was restrained by brave churchgoers who rushed to the priest’s aid.

Pictures from inside the church show a young man covered in blood after the incident.

Local chief detective Nur Fallah said: ‘Somebody tried to kill the priest by pretending to attend the church service and at that time tried to explode something, like a firecracker, but the firecracker didn’t explode, it only fumed.’

The incident happened during Mass in a packed church (Picture: Getty)

Armed soldiers stood guard after the attack (Picture: EPA)

The drama unfolded when the teenager left a bench, ran towards the priest and allegedly attempted to detonate a bomb in his backpack, national police spokesman Maj. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said.

Fallah described it as a ‘homemade explosive device’.

  

He then attacked Mr Pandiangan, 60, who was taken to hospital with slight injuries.

Eyewitness Markus Harianto Manullan said: ‘He sat in the same row as I did. I saw him fiddling with something in his jacket, and then I heard a small explosion and he immediately ran to the podium.’

Police have interrogated the teenager.

Metro.co.uk