New Order behind Christmas Eve Bombs?
Respondents believe the motive behind the bombings on the holy night of December 24 was more political than SARA-based (ethnic, religious, racial or societal grouping issues). The bombers had to belong to a certain political group.
January 16, 2001
It was the most macabre Christmas Eve in the history of Indonesia. Twenty-four bombs exploded in different cities in six provinces almost simultaneously, while the remaining 21 were either defused or failed to go off. According to the police, the spate of terror claimed 18 lives, seriously injured 36 and lightly wounded 48. Chandra Tirta Wijaya, 16, one of the casualties of the bomb that exploded in front of Santo Joseph’s Church on Jl. M
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