27 killed in Indonesian bus crash

JAKARTA: At least 27 people died and 16 others were injured when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed in Java, police said on Saturday.

The crash happened when the bus, which had at least 40 people on board, hit a motorbike while heading down a hill at speed in the Subang region of West Java province, causing it to roll over multiple times.

Most of the passengers, who were on their way to a hot spring, were from South Tangerang in Java’s Banten province.

Police are investigating the cause of the collision, but said they suspect the vehicle’s brakes failed to work.

“Our morgue is now at full capacity, we cannot accept more bodies,” Subang hospital spokesman Mamat Dudirakhmat told local broadcaster Metro TV.

Meanwhile, police have shot a sword-wielding man who attacked church congregation during Sunday Mass, injuring four people including a priest.

Around 100 people were attending the mass at the church in Sleman town, Yogyakarta province, when a man barged in wielding a 1m-long sword and began attacking people seemingly indiscriminately.

People in the church ran out through another door and the assailant pursued them while also destroying church property.

Police arrived on the scene shortly after the attack and fired a warning shot before shooting the perpetrator.