Jubi Media Office Attacked with Molotov Bombs

Description

The Jubi media office in Jayapura, Papua experienced a Molotov bomb terror attack on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. The attack caused two Jubi operational cars parked in the office yard located damaged.

Jean Bisay, Editor-in-Chief of Jubi, revealed that the bomb throwing incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday at around 03.15 Papua time. The Molotov bomb throwing was allegedly carried out by two people riding a motorbike.

The bomb was thrown from the side of the road in front of the Jubi Editorial Office, and caused a fire to break out between the two Jubi operational cars parked in the office yard. The Police confirmed that the object thrown was a Molotov bomb.

Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
No
Position in media
Not applicable
Status of journalists
Data not available
Gender
Data not collected
Age
Data not collected
Country
Papua
Full name or name of group
Unidentified
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Unknown
Gender
Male
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Terror