Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings

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Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings
Location Medan, Bandung, Batam, Ciamis, Mataram, and Pekanbaru[citation needed]
Date 24 December 2000
Target Churches
Deaths 18
Injured Dozens
Perpetrators Al Qaeda
Jemaah Islamiyah
Motive Islamic extremism, Anti-Christianity

On Christmas Eve, 2000, a series of explosions took place in Indonesia, which were part of a high-scale terrorist attack by Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah.[1] The attack involved a series of coordinated bombings of churches in Jakarta and eight other cities which killed 18 people and injured many others.

Bombing locations

A breakdown of the bombings is as follows:[2]

  • Jakarta: Five Catholic and Protestant churches, including the Roman Catholic Cathedral, were targeted, killing at least three people.
  • Pekanbaru: Four police officers killed trying to disarm a bomb; a civilian also died
  • Medan: Explosions hit churches
  • Bandung: Explode at production, bomb maker died
  • Batam Island: Three bombs injure 22
  • Mojokerto: Three churches bombed; one dead. One of them is the Eben Haezer church in Jalan Raden Ajeng Kartini. At around 8:30pm[3] on December 24, 2000, while trying to throw the bomb away, Riyanto was killed;[4]
  • Mataram: Three churches bombed
  • Sukabumi: Bombings kill three

Arrests

Two suspects were arrested following the bombings. Indonesian police say they found documents implicating Hambali in the bombings.[5] Abu Bakar Bashir was tried for involvement in the bombings in 2003 but was found not guilty; he was subsequently convicted of involvement in the 2002 Bali bombing.

In popular culture

The Indonesian progressive metal band Kekal has cited the bombings as an inspiration for its anti-terrorism song "Mean Attraction," which appeared on its third full-length album, The Painful Experience.[6]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ http://lists.topica.com/lists/indonesia-act@igc.topica.com/read/message.html?sort=d&mid=702557008
  4. ↑ http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/12/23/riyanto-a-martyr-with-a-life-lesson-pluralism.html
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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External links

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