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| Southeast Asia |
| McDonald's boomed in Sulawesi... |
| 2002-12-05 |
| An explosion ripped through a McDonald's restaurant in the eastern Indonesian city of Makassar Thursday, killing two people, police said. ``There were two blasts, the first at a McDonald's counter in Ratuh Indah mall. Two people died,'' police officer Rafael Sandy told Reuters by telephone from Makassar on Sulawesi island. Two people were seriously wounded and several were slightly hurt, he said. A second explosion, which caused no casualties, occurred about an hour later in a car showroom about three miles away, Sandy said. The McDonald's explosion came at 6:55 p.m., shortly after the breaking of the Muslim fasting period for Ramadan, when the restaurant was busy. Police were investigating whether the explosions were caused by bombs, Sandy said. Either that, or something went terribly wrong with the Secret Sauce™... There have been clashes, including bomb attacks, between Muslims and Christians on parts of Sulawesi island and elsewhere in the sprawling, predominantly Muslim country in recent years. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 The last few times I've been to McDonald's I've felt like doing the same thing. It may have just been a disatisfied customer. |
| Posted by: Steve 2002-12-05 13:09:28 |