Gunmen attack Indonesian church: Priest killed

Police said gunmen entered the Effata church in Palu, in Central Sulawesi province, on Sunday evening.

The female priest, 29-year old Reverend Susianti Tinulele, died at the scene as she was preaching a sermon. One of the wounded is in a critical condition.

At least 1,000 people have been killed in Muslim-Christian unrest in the province over the past five years.

The shooting happened near Poso, which has seen some of the worst religious violence in recent years.

Seven people were injured in an attack on a church near the town in April.

The national police chief, D'ai Bachtiar, flew to Palu earlier on Monday to oversee the investigation, according to local police sources.

In Jakarta, Chief Security Minister Hari Subarno said the attack was designed "to create a horizontal conflict" - conflict between different sectors of society.