On the 2000 Christmas Eve, a series of explosions took place in
Indonesia, which were part of a high-scale terrorist attack by
Al Qaeda and
Jemaah Islamiyah.[3] The attack involved a series of coordinated bombings of churches in
Jakarta and eight other cities which killed 18 people and injured many others.
Mojokerto: Three churches bombed; one dead. One of them is the
Eben Haezer church in Jalan Raden Ajeng Kartini. At around 8:30pm[5] on December 24, 2000, while trying to throw the bomb away, a Muslim security volunteer, Riyanto, was killed.[6]
Two suspects were arrested following the bombings. Indonesian police say they found documents implicating
Hambali in the bombings.[7]Abu Bakar Bashir was tried for involvement in the bombings in 2003 but was found not guilty; he was subsequently convicted of involvement in the
2002 Bali bombings.
In popular culture
The Indonesian
progressive metal band
Kekal has cited the bombings as an inspiration for its anti-terrorism song "Mean Attraction," which appeared on its third full-length album, The Painful Experience.[8]
^mpomusic; Lord Rogoth, Negatyfus, Shamgar, Stefan, Natan, Daffie K. (25–30 January 2002).
"An interview with... Kekal". Art for the Ears. Retrieved 5 January 2011.{{
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