Incident Date:
July 17, 2009 07:48
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Jakarta Indonesia
Perpetrators: Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Suicide)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: Yes
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Hotel/Resort)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 7 fatalities, 81 injuries
Perpetrators: 2 involved, 2 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/17/2009: The Jemaah Islamiyah was suspected of bombing the luxury Ritz-Carleton and JW Marriott hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia at 7:48 a.m. The attack killed nine and wounded 50, including at least 13 foreigners (which included Canadian(s)). Police defused another bomb found in a laptop in a room of the Marriott hotel. Suicide bombers were suspected."
References: 1) Janes DB
2) ITERATE
3) "Mickolus, Edward F. (2013). Terrorism, 2008-2012: A Worldwide Chronology. North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers. p. 71-72"
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