A cafe was bombe on January 10, 2004 in
Palopo
Palopo or Kota Palopo is a city located in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the second-largest city in the province. Until it acquired its autonomy, Palopo was the capital of Luwu Regency. The area of the city is 247.52 km2, and it had a popu ...
,
South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sula ...
,
Indonesia. Occurring at 10:30 p.m. local time (UTC+8), an
improvised explosive device beneath table number 11
in the Sampoddo Indah
karaoke cafe. The blast killed four people and injured three others.
Four men, including Jasmin bin Kasau, were arrested for the bombings. Bin Kasau was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
but later escaped.
The attack
Witnesses reported that two men spent two weekends scouting the Sampoddo Indah Cafe located from downtown Palopo on the road to
Makassar
Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Med ...
, staying for a short period of time then leaving. On January 10, 2004, they returned and sat at table No. 11, located near the entrance, and ordered drinks, which they left unfinished.
A device, thought to have been remotely detonated,
exploded at 10:30 p.m. local time (UTC+8), from underneath that table.
The blast killed four people and injured three others. Three of the deceased, later identified as Abdul Rahman, Ambo, and Sumarni, 39, were residents of Palopo, while another, Suratman, was from another city. The explosion was heard up to away. Most of the cafe's clients escaped through the back door prior to the arrival of the police.
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Investigation
Two men were identified by the police after questioning 17 witnesses on the next day, with preliminary sketches.[ Eighteen days later, police arrested four suspects and charged them with the bombing.][ Another 10 suspects were sought, and police expressed that the suspects had participated in a ]Laskar Jihad
Laskar Jihad (English: ''Warriors of Jihad'' ) was an Islamist and anti-Christian Indonesian militia, which was founded and led by Jafar Umar Thalib. At present, the militia is believed to have disbanded.
History
Laskar Jihad was founded in 2 ...
-run training camp in Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi
Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: ''Sulawesi Tengah'') is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. The administrative capital and largest city is located in Palu. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,635,009 for ...
, together.[
On February 1, Jasmin bin Kasau was arrested in Noling village, ]Luwu regency
Luwu Regency (Kabupaten Luwu in Indonesian) is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The administrative capital now lies at Belopa, since the former capital (Palopo) became an independent municipality (city) i ...
. He later confessed to the bombing, calling it "part of a jihad
Jihad (; ar, جهاد, jihād ) is an Arabic word which literally means "striving" or "struggling", especially with a praiseworthy aim. In an Islamic context, it can refer to almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with Go ...
against vice in nightclubs and bars."[ Several pieces of evidence were seized from bin Kasau, including an ]FN MAG
The FN MAG is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN) by Ernest Vervier. It has been used by more than 80 countries and it has been made under licence in several countries, inc ...
gun, some ammonium nitrate and several pipes.[ Bin Kasau, along with three accomplices, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. However, bin Kasau later escaped from Gunungsari Penitentiary, Makassar, in 2007.]
See also
* List of terrorist incidents, 2004
This is a timeline of incidents in 2004 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
List guidelines
* To be included, ent ...
* Terrorism in Indonesia
References
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Mass murder in 2004
2004 crimes in Indonesia
Terrorist incidents in Indonesia in 2004
Car and truck bombings in Indonesia
History of South Sulawesi
Islamic terrorism in Indonesia
Islamic terrorist incidents in 2004