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  • 3 dead after mob sets fire to Indonesian regional parliament building

    08/30/2025 8:19:57 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 7 replies
    NPR ^ | 08/30/2025
    An angry mob set fire to a local parliament building in an Indonesian provincial capital, leaving at least three people dead and five others hospitalized, officials said. The blaze in Makassar, the capital city of South Sulawesi province, began late Friday. Television reports showed the provincial council building ablaze overnight, causing the area to turn an eerie orange color. Rescuers retrieved three bodies by Saturday morning, while five people were hospitalized with burns or with broken bones after jumping from the building, said Fadli Tahar, a local disaster official. Protesters in West Java's Bandung city also set a regional parliament...
  • McDonald's bombing linked to Bali blast: Indonesian police

    12/09/2002 2:50:33 PM PST · by knighthawk · 4 replies · 101+ views
    The Times of India ^ | December 9 2002 | AFP
    JAKARTA: The bombers who killed three people at a McDonald's restaurant in Makassar are part of the network that staged the Bali bombing, a senior Indonesian police officer was on Monday quoted as saying. "They are part of a national or international terrorist network, the same one responsible for past bombings in Indonesia including the one in Bali in October," South Sulawesi police chief Firman Gani was quoted by the Jakarta Post online edition as saying. The people who bombed the McDonald's outlet and a car dealership in Makassar last Thursday were also planning to bomb churches in the city...