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At 7:05am December 31st, a nail bomb detonated outside a market stall selling pork at a marketplace in Palu, Indonesia. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... A nail bomb is an anti-personnel explosive device packed with nails to increase its destructive power. ... A beach near Palu. ...

It left seven people dead and 45 injured, and early suggestions indicate the target may have been chosen to maximise Christian casualties, in a region torn with Muslim/Christian hostilities, including the 2002 Bali bombing orchestrated by Abu Bakar Bashir. As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... National flags at Kuta explosion site (October 17, 2002) The 2002 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. ... Abu Bakar Bashir Abu Bakar Bashir (also Abubakar Baasyir) alias Abdus Somad (born August 1938) is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council (MMI), who intelligence agencies claim is the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), and has links with al-Qaeda. ...

A single person was arrested the same day, according to a report by Central Sulawesi Provincial Police chief Oegroseno, although it was unclear whether he was a direct suspect, police would only say that he had been acting suspiciously and asked vendors where they lived.[1] and a second undetonated bomb was found four metres from the initial blast. [2] The bombs were believed to have been dropped from a passing car.

The bombings were condemned by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, at a time when 47,000 soldiers and police were on heightened alert after warnings that militants could be planning a terror attack to coincide with the Christmas holiday.[3] Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born September 9, 1949), Indonesian retired military general and stateman, is the sixth President of Indonesia, and the first to be elected directly by voters. ...

Casualties

Dead

External links

• "8 dead in Indonesian market blast", CNN