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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 |
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