Bhuddist Temple In Indonesia Bombed And Left With A Note
Blast happened at the Ekayana Buddhist Centre on Sunday evening.
By Sadho Ram — 05 Aug 2013, 04:25 PM — Updated about 11 years ago
Small bomb goes off at Buddhist temple in Indonesian capital
Onlookers gather outside the Ekayana Grha Buddhist temple where a bomb went off on Sunday in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Armed police secure the compound of Ekayana Buddhist Centre in Jakarta early dawn of August 5, 2013 after an explosive device went off at the Buddhist temple late August 4, 2013. AFP
Image via thesundaily.myA low-powered explosive detonated at a Buddhist temple in Indonesia’s capital as devotees inside were praying.
The blast went off near the front door of the building, slightly damaging the structure, chief of National Police Detective Lt. Gen. Sutarman told reporters at the scene.
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The incident occurred days ahead of festivities planned to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, and most people practice a moderate form of the religion.
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The temple, one of the biggest in Jakarta, said it hoped the blasts would “not cause any unrest in the religious community.”
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Three persons injured while two other bomb failed to go off
Three persons have been injured in an attack reportedly linked to growing anti-Buddhist sentiment among Indonesian terrorists over the treatment of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, an anti-terrorism source said.
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Two other devices failed to go off.
The bombs were apparently placed outside the building, and the blast caused minimal damage. Police were investigating and continuing to sweep the area, said Sutarman, who uses only one name like many Indonesians.
Neither police nor the centre said who may have been behind the blasts.
thesundaily.myPolice questioning 8 in connection with the blast
Security cameras at the Ekayana Buddhist Center captured footage of an unidentified man dropping off two packages containing low-grade bombs moments before Sunday night’s explosion, a head monk at the West Jakarta temple said.
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A letter reading “We heard Rohingya’s screams,” was found inside one of the bomb packages,” Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali told the Indonesian news portal Detik.com.
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The police questioned eight witnesses Monday morning as Indonesian officials pushed for the swift arrest of terrorists accused of damaging “the peaceful spirit of the holy month of Ramadan.”
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There has been growing anger in Indonesia at the plight of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. In May police foiled a plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta by Islamic hard-liners while reports of violence in Myanmar routinely trigger protests in the capital.
Statement from the Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali
Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said the perpetrators of Sunday’s bombing of Ekayana Buddhist Vihara in West Jakarta did not respect the sanctity of the Muslim holy month of Ramadhan and could therefore be considered “accursed and barbaric”.
“The faithful should not be inflamed by the incident,” Suryadharma told journalists in Jakarta on Monday as quoted by Antara news agency. The minister said it was hoped that the bombing would not disrupt relations between Muslims and Buddhists.
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