Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings | |
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Part of terrorism in Indonesia | |
Location | Medan, Bandung, Batam, Ciamis, Mataram, Mojokerto, and Pekanbaru[ citation needed] |
Date | 24 December 2000 |
Target | Churches |
Deaths | 18 |
Injured | 118 |
Perpetrators |
Al Qaeda Jemaah Islamiyah [1] [2] |
Motive | Islamic extremism, Anti-Christianity |
On the 2000 Christmas Eve, a series of explosions took place in Indonesia, which were part of a high-scale terrorist attack by Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah. [3] The attack involved a series of coordinated bombings of churches in Jakarta and eight other cities which killed 18 people and injured many others.
A breakdown of the bombings is as follows: [4]
Two suspects were arrested following the bombings. Indonesian police say they found documents implicating Hambali in the bombings. [7] 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 bombings.
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. [8]
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Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings | |
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Part of terrorism in Indonesia | |
Location | Medan, Bandung, Batam, Ciamis, Mataram, Mojokerto, and Pekanbaru[ citation needed] |
Date | 24 December 2000 |
Target | Churches |
Deaths | 18 |
Injured | 118 |
Perpetrators |
Al Qaeda Jemaah Islamiyah [1] [2] |
Motive | Islamic extremism, Anti-Christianity |
On the 2000 Christmas Eve, a series of explosions took place in Indonesia, which were part of a high-scale terrorist attack by Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah. [3] The attack involved a series of coordinated bombings of churches in Jakarta and eight other cities which killed 18 people and injured many others.
A breakdown of the bombings is as follows: [4]
Two suspects were arrested following the bombings. Indonesian police say they found documents implicating Hambali in the bombings. [7] 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 bombings.
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. [8]
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)