Diplomat Target

Ambassador of the Philippines to Indonesia, Leonides T. Caday, still carries the wounds from an assassination attempt here in Jakarta.

January 7, 2003

ON August 1, 2002, while approaching the gates of his residence on Jl. Imam Bonjol, Jakarta by car, Caday noticed a red Suzuki Carry minivan parked nearby, without a driver.

Moments later, the minivan exploded. “The blast shook my car.” Caday told The Manila Times. Caday’s car was consumed by smoke. “I covered my eyes and mouth with my hands. Then I shouted for help because my driver had been thrown out onto the street,&

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