Bomb Disposal Team Sterilizes 8 Churches In Serang

JAKARTA - Ahead of the Christmas 2023 celebration of the bomb disposal team (jibom) Gegana Satbrimob Banten Police carried out sterilization in eight churches in the Serang City area, Sunday, December 24, yesterday. Head of Jibom Detachment Gegana Satbrimob Banten Police, Ipda Aris Widodo, in Serang, Banten, Sunday, said this sterilization was an effort to ensure the safety and comfort of the congregation during the Christmas Mass. "The sterilization of the Church in the Serang City area is in accordance with the direction of the Banten Police Chief. Because Serang City has a large church that will carry out Christmas worship," he said, quoting Antara.

Aris said that as many as one Jibom team was deployed to carry out church sterilization. In addition, the team involved radioactive detection officers to carry out sterilization in the Serang City area. Sterilization is carried out starting from the parking location, in front of the church, church entrances, parks around the church, to the inside to the altar.

"Our target for our examination, people, objects, and places of activity so that things that are not desirable can be anticipated," he said. Then, said Sugeng, inspections were also carried out in flower pots and even trash cans to ensure a sense of security and comfort for Christians who will carry out Christmas Masses. "For the sterilization that we have done in several churches, it is declared safe. No suspicious items or objects were found," he explained.