It left eight people dead and injured 45, and early suggestions indicate the target may have been chosen to maximise Christian casualties, in a region torn with Muslim/Christian hostilities, including the 2002 Bali bombing orchestrated by Abu Bakar Bashir.
A single person was arrested the same day, according to a report by provincial police chief Oegroseno, although it was unclear whether he was a direct suspect, police would only say that he had been acting suspiciously and asked vendors where they lived 
A second undetonated bomb was found four metres from the initial blast. The bombs were believed to have been dropped from a passing car.
The bombings were condemned by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, at a time when 47,000 soldiers and police were on heightened alert after warnings that militants could be planning a terror attack to coincide with the Christmas holiday.
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