Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings

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Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings
Location Medan, North Sumatra; Bandung and Ciamis, West Java; Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara[1]
Date 24 December 2000
Deaths 18
 
Terrorism in Indonesia

On December 24, 2000, a series of explosions took place in Indonesia, which were part of a high-scale terrorist attack by the Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist networks.[2] The attack involved a series of coordinated bombings of churches in Jakarta and eight other cities which killed 18 people and injured many others. Indonesian police say they found documents implicating Hambali in the bombings.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Indonesia Backgrounder: How The Jemaah Islamiyah Terrorist Network Operates. International Crisis Group (2002-12-11). Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
  2. ^ Turnbull, Wayne (2003-07-03). A Tangled Web of Southeast Asian Islamic Terrorism: Jemaah Islamiyah Terrorist Network. Retrieved on 2006-10-05.
  3. ^ Statement by the Treasury Department Regarding Today’s Designation of Two Leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah. United States Department of the Treasury (2003-01-24). Retrieved on 2006-10-23.

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