Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing

Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing
Part of terrorism in Indonesia
LocationJakarta, Indonesia
Coordinates6°13′23″S 106°48′31″E / 6.2231°S 106.8086°E / -6.2231; 106.8086
Date13 September 2000 (UTC+7)
TargetStock Exchange
Attack type
Car bomb
Deaths15

The Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing was a terrorist attack on the Jakarta Stock Exchange on 13 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.[1][2] The bombing suspended trading for two days after the attack and also resulted in a sudden, brief devaluation of the Indonesian rupiah.[3]

The attack was later claimed by Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian Islamic extremist group with links to al-Qaeda. The group was responsible for several other terrorist attacks in the region, including the Philippine consulate bombing in Jakarta which occurred just a month ago and the Bali bombings in 2002.[4]

  1. ^ Bomb blast in Jakarta stock exchange ABC Radio September 14, 2000
  2. ^ Two jailed for stock exchange bombing BBC News August 20, 2001
  3. ^ Fadrik Aziz Firdausi (2019-09-13). "Bom BEJ: Keterlibatan TNI, Tudingan terhadap GAM, dan Kejanggalan" (in Indonesian). Tirto.id. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  4. ^ "Claimed by Jemmah Islamiyah" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)