MacDonald House bombing

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The MacDonald House bombing occurred on 10 March 1965, at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building (now known as MacDonald House) along Orchard Road, Singapore. The time bomb was planted by Indonesian saboteurs, during the Konfrontasi period. It killed three people and injured at least 35.

Since 1963, the Indonesian Government had opposed the formation of Malaysia and infiltrated saboteurs into both Singapore and Malaysia aiming to exploit racial tensions and undertake acts of sabotage to destroy vital installations, beginning on 24 September, 1963. These saboteurs later resorted to exploding bombs indiscriminately to create public alarm and panic. The bombing of the MacDonald House was the 29th, and the most serious of the bombings in Singapore, killing two Chinese and one Malay. These bombings were called "Konfrontasi" by Jakarta.

Special Branch officers and Police tracked down and arrested two Indonesian commandos, Harun Said and Osman Hj Mohd Ali, who were members of the Korps Komando Angkatan Laut (Indonesian Marineers). They were later convicted and executed by hanging on 17 October 1968.