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2002 Poso bus attacks

2002 Poso bus attacks
Part of terrorism in Indonesia
LocationCentral Sulawesi, Indonesia
  • Toini village, Poso Pesisir district.
  • Kawua and Ranononue, Poso district.
  • Mayoa village, South Pamona subdistrict.
Date
  • 1st – 5 June 2002
  • 2nd – 12 July 2002
  • 3rd – 8 August 2002
Target
  • Passenger buses
Attack type
Deaths7 fatalities
  • 1st – 5
  • 2nd – 1
  • 3rd – 1 (Lorenzo Taddey)
Injured26 injuries
  • 1st – 17
  • 2nd – 5
  • 3rd – 4
PerpetratorsSuspected local Islamic militants

A series of terrorist attacks targeting public transport occurred in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, between 5 June and 8 August 2002. In total 7 people were killed and 26 wounded, including an Italian tourist.[1] The first attack occurred on 5 June 2002, when a bomb detonated in an Antariksa-owned public bus servicing the Palu, Poso and Tentena routes. Four passengers were killed instantly and 17 more were wounded, one of who would succumb to his injuries two weeks later.[2][3][4] On 13 July 2002 the second attack occurred on the trans-Sulawesi highway when the bus driver found a bag lying on the road and asked his conductor to retrieve it, triggering the device: an 18-year-old bystander was killed and at least 4 others severely wounded in the blast.[1] In the third attack, on 8 August 2002, an Italian tourist was killed and at least 4 Indonesians injured when unknown assailants fired automatic weapons into another bus.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b "Poso back to normal after bomb blast". Jakarta Post. 14 July 2002. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Tentena still tense after bus bombing". Jakarta Post. 17 June 2002. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Bomb kills 4, wounds 17 on Indonesian bus". Kingman Daily Miner. Associated Press. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Bomb rips bus, kills four in Indonesia". United Press International. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Christians, Muslims vow to seek peace in Sulawesi". New Sunday Times. Agence France-Presse. 13 August 2002. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  6. ^ Breakdown: Four Years of Communal Violence in Central Sulawesi (Volume 14, Issue 9 of Human Rights Watch: Asia ed.). Human Rights Watch (Organization). 2002. pp. 35–37.

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