New Order behind Christmas Eve Bombs?
Tuesday, 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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