Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings

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
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.

^ 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.

[1] Aubrey Belford (11 August 2011). "Bali Bombings Suspect, Extradited From Pakistan, Arrives in Indonesia". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[2] "Indonesia's Long Battle With Islamic Extremism Could Be About to Get Tougher". Tara John. Time. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[3] 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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