Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings
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. 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.
Bombing locations
A breakdown of the bombings is as follows:- Jakarta: Five Catholic and Protestant churches, including the Roman Catholic Cathedral, were targeted, killing at least three people.
- Pekanbaru: Four police officers were killed trying to disarm a bomb; a civilian also died
- Medan: Explosions hit churches
- Bandung: Bomb exploded during production, three suspects died
- Batam Island: Three bombs injured 22
- Mojokerto: Three churches bombed; one dead. One of them is the Eben Haezer church in Jalan Raden Ajeng Kartini. At around 8:30pm on 24 December 2000, while trying to throw the bomb away, a Muslim security volunteer, Riyanto, was killed.
- Mataram: Three churches bombed
- Sukabumi: Bombings killed three