December 2005 Palu Bombing Article Index for
December 2005
Website Links For
December
 

Information About

December 2005 Palu Bombing




It left eight people dead and injured 45, and early suggestions indicate the target may have been chosen to maximise Christian casualties, in a region torn with Muslim/Christian hostilities, including the 2002 Bali Bombing orchestrated by Abu Bakar Bashir .

A single person was arrested the same day, according to a report by provincial police chief Oegroseno, although it was unclear whether he was a direct suspect, police would only say that he had been acting suspiciously and asked vendors where they lived A second undetonated bomb was found four metres from the initial blast. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/31/content_3994608.htm The bombs were believed to have been dropped from a passing car.

The bombings were condemned by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono , at a time when 47,000 soldiers and police were on heightened alert after warnings that militants could be planning a terror attack to coincide with the Christmas holiday. {Link without Title}


CASUALTIES

Dead


EXTERNAL LINKS