Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing

Infobox terrorist attack
title=Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing


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location=Jakarta, Indonesia
target=Stock Exchange
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timezone=UTC+8
type= car bomb
fatalities=15
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perps=Campaignbox Terrorism in Indonesia

The Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing was a terrorist attack on the Jakarta Stock Exchange in September 2000.

A car bomb exploded in the basement of the building, triggering a chain of explosions in which a number of cars caught fire. Most of the dead were drivers waiting by their employer's cars. Many had taken cover in their vehicles but suffocated as billowing black smoke engulfed the basement levels. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/am/stories/s176271.htm Bomb blast in Jakarta stock exchange] ABC Radio September 14 2000] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1500327.stm Two jailed for stock exchange bombing] BBC News August 20 2001]

Investigation

In August 2001 an Indonesian court sentenced two men to 20 year jail terms for masterminding the attack. The two men were members of the notorious Indonesian special forces unit, Kopassus. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/15/1095221660693.html Australia remains a scapegoat] SMH September 16 2004] ] Prosecutors had demanded the death penalty for Teuku Ismuhadi Jafar and life for his accomplice, Nuryadin, who escaped detention in July 2001 but was sentenced by the South Jakarta Court in absentia.

The court declined the death sentence for Jafar, saying that while he had ordered the blast he did not actively participate at the scene of the crime in downtown Jakarta. [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/08/20/indo.bombers/index.html Stock exchange bombers jailed for 20 years] CNN August 20 2001]

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