2004 Jakarta embassy bombing
The bomb left a crater in the road three metres deep.
Location	Jakarta, Indonesia
Target(s)	the Australian embassy
Date	September 9, 2004 10:30AM (UTC +7)
Attack Type	car bombing
Fatalities	9–11?
Injuries	>140
Perpetrator(s)	Islamist terrorists, possibly Jemaah Islamiyah

The Jakarta embassy bombing took place on September 9, 2004 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The crater left on the road by the bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta in 2004. ... Jakarta (also Djakarta or DKI Jakarta), formerly known as Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ... Political Ideologies Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      This article is about political Islamism. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Jemaah Islamiyah, sometimes rendered Jemaah Islamiah, is a militant Islamic terrorist organization dedicated to the establishment of a fundamentalist Islamic theocracy in Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and the south of Thailand and the Philippines. ... Terrorism in Indonesia can be attributed mainly to the al-Qaeda affiliated Jemaah Islamiyah Islamic terror group. ... On December 24, 2000, a series of explosions took place in Indonesia, which were part of a high-scale terrorist attack by the Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist networks[1]. The attack involved a series of coordinated bombings of churches in Jakarta and eight other cities which killed 18... The 2002 Bali bombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. ... The 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on 5 August 2003 in Jakarta, Indonesia. ... Wikinews has news related to: Fatal explosions hit Bali The 2005 Bali bombings were a series of explosions that occurred on October 1, 2005, in Bali, Indonesia. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jakarta (also Djakarta or DKI Jakarta), formerly known as Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ...

A car bomb exploded outside the Australian embassy at Kuningan District, South Jakarta, at about 10:30 local time (03:30 UTC), killing several people including the suicide bomber, and wounding over 140 others. Damage to the nearby Chinese embassy was also reported. Numerous office buildings surrounding the embassy were also damaged by the blast, injuring many workers inside, mostly by broken glass. Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ... South Jakarta (Jakarta Selatan) is a kota (formerly kotamadya) of Jakarta, Indonesia. ... ...

A dispute ensued as to how many civilians lost their lives after the explosion: local health authorities in Jakarta reported 9 deaths, compared to 11 deaths reported by Australian officials. Nonetheless, all Australians working at the embassy were reported alive. Among the victims killed were embassy security guard Anton Sujarwo, 23, and four Indonesian policemen on duty at the embassy. The rest were civilians, including the embassy gardener, Suryadi, 34, two embassy workers, a visa applicant, and a pedestrian.

Reactions

Australian Prime Minister John Howard expressed his "utter dismay at this event" and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said, "this was aimed at the Australian Embassy, there's no question of that" and that the investigators' "suspicions turn to Jemaah Islamiah". It is unclear whether the incident was intended to influence either of the two upcoming regional elections: the final stage of the Indonesian presidential elections scheduled for 20 September, or the Australian elections scheduled for 9 October. The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), Australian politician, is the Prime Minister of Australia. ... Alexander John Gosse Downer, MP (born 9 September 1951), Australian politician, became Foreign Minister of Australia in March 1996. ... Jemaah Islamiyah, sometimes rendered Jemaah Islamiah, is a militant Islamic separatist movement, suspected of killing hundreds of civilians, dedicated to the establishment of a fundamentalist Islamic state in Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and the south of Thailand and the Philippines. ... A sample ballot paper showing the five presidential candidates and their vice-presidential running-mates. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Legislative elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Australian flag continues to fly in front of a neighbouring building devastated by the bomb

The then Australian Opposition Leader Mark Latham said "The terrorists responsible for this attack are evil and barbaric and must be dealt with as harshly as possible and as quickly as possible" and committed the Labor Party's "full support to all efforts by the Australian and Indonesian governments to ensure that happens". The Australian flag flying at the Jakarta embassy after the 2004 Australian embassy bombing there. ... Mark William Latham (born 28 February 1961), a former Australian politician, was Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from December 2003 to January 2005. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is Australias oldest political party. ...

A grainy photograph of a white delivery van suspected of carrying the bomb and the attackers was released by Indonesian police. Minister Downer claimed that a mobile phone text message was sent to Indonesian authorities about 45 minutes before the bomb detonated, warning of attacks unless the leader of Jemaah Islamiah Abu Bakar Bashir was released, and said that the warning was not delivered to the Australian Federal Police until several hours after the bombing. Indonesian police denied receiving such a message. (Newsday) A received SMS being announced on a Nokia phone. ... Abu Bakar Bashir Abu Bakar Bashir (also Abubakar Baasyir, Abdus Somad, and Ustad Abu (Teacher Abu) (born August 17, 1938) is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council (MMI). ... The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the federal or Commonwealth police force of Australia. ...

This was the third recent major attack involving Australians or Australian targets in Indonesia, after the 2002 Bali terrorist bombing, and the 2003 J.W. Marriott Hotel bombing. The executors of that attack, Jemaah Islamiyah, were also head suspects for this bombing. The Bali Bombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people and injuring a further 209. ... Jemaah Islamiyah, sometimes rendered Jemaah Islamiah, is a militant Islamic terrorist organization dedicated to the establishment of a fundamentalist Islamic theocracy in Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and the south of Thailand and the Philippines. ...

Arrest and conviction

The attack has been blamed on Jemaah Islamiah, a group alleged to have links to Al-Qaeda, which has also been connected to the 2002 Bali bombing. Jemaah Islamiyah, sometimes rendered Jemaah Islamiah, is a militant Islamic separatist movement, suspected of killing hundreds of civilians, dedicated to the establishment of a fundamentalist Islamic state in Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and the south of Thailand and the Philippines. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ... The 2002 Bali bombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. ...

On November 5, four men were arrested in Bogor, West Java: Sogir, Iwan Darmwan, Hasan and Apuy. Police announced that Azahari Husin, and Noordin Mohammed Top were suspected of being behind the bombing; Azahari was killed in a raid in November 2005, while as of 2005 Noordin remains on the run. November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... Puncak pass area, looking north towards Bogor over extensive tea plantations Bogor is a city in West Java with a population of approximately 800,000 people in CBD area and 2,000,000 in suburban area, bringing a total of 3 million population. ... Map showing West Java in Indonesia West Java (Jawa Barat) is a province of Indonesia, located on the island of Java. ... Azahari Husin and Noordin Mohammed Top (Source: The Telegraph) Dr. Azahari Husin (circa 1957 – November 9, 2005), Malaysian engineer, was the technical mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombing, and other Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) attacks. ... Azahari Husin and Noordin Mohammed Top (Source: The Telegraph) Noordin Mohammed Top is one of the most wanted men in Asia. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In March 2005, Irun Hidayat was charged with helping to plan, and motivate other people to carry out the act (BBC). On July 21, he was convicted of being an accessory by providing a house to Azahari and Noordin, but not to having planned the September attack, and was sentenced to three years in jail. Hidayat was the first man to stand trial related to the embassy bombing. (BBC). ← - 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in March • 31 – Terri Schiavo • 30 – Mitch Hedberg • 29 – Johnnie Cochran • 27 – Wilfred Bigelow • 26 – Paul Hester • 26 – James Callaghan • 21 – Jeff Weise • 21 – Bobby Short • 19 – John De Lorean • 18 – Gary Bertini • 17 – George F... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ...

See also

• 2005 Indonesian embassy bioterrorism hoax

The 2005 Indonesian embassy bioterrorism hoax occured when Indonesian ambassador to Australia Imron Cotan received a suspect letter addressed to himself at the Indonesian Embassy in Australia on June 1, 2005. ...

External links

Indonesia Portal

• News.com.au article
• ABC News article
• Reuters article
• BBC News article
• Jakarta victims remember embassy blast

Coordinates: 6°13′5.30″S, 106°49′52″E Image File history File links Portal. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...