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- ↑ Bomb blast in Jakarta stock exchange ABC Radio September 14, 2000
- ↑ Two jailed for stock exchange bombing BBC News August 20, 2001
- ↑ Fadrik Aziz Firdausi (2019-09-13). "Bom BEJ: Keterlibatan TNI, Tudingan terhadap GAM, dan Kejanggalan" (in Indonesian). Tirto.id. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ↑ "Claimed by Jemmah Islamiyah" (PDF).
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- ↑ Stock exchange bombers jailed for 20 years CNN August 20, 2001
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