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Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings
| Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings | |
|---|---|
| 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 24 December 2000, 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, which occurred on Christmas Eve, involved a series of coordinated bombings of churches in Jakarta and eight other cities which killed 18 people and injured many others.
- ^ Aubrey Belford (11 August 2011). "Bali Bombings Suspect, Extradited From Pakistan, Arrives in Indonesia". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Indonesia's Long Battle With Islamic Extremism Could Be About to Get Tougher". Tara John. Time. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ Turnbull, Wayne (3 July 2003). "A Tangled Web of Southeast Asian Islamic Terrorism: Jemaah Islamiyah Terrorist Network". Archived from the original on 8 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2006.
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