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class="summary" style="text-align:center;font-size:125%;font-weight:bold;font-
size:130%;">Rizal Day bombings</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Location</th><td
class="location"><a href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro
Manila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines"
title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr><th
scope="row">Date</th><td>December 30, 2000<span
style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2000-12-
30</span>)</span> (<a href="/wiki/UTC" class="mw-redirect"
title="UTC">UTC</a>+8)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Target</th><td><i>Plaza
Ferguson</i>, <a href="/wiki/Malate,_Manila" title="Malate, Manila">Malate,
Manila</a>;<br /><i>gas station</i>, <a href="/wiki/Makati"
title="Makati">Makati</a>;<br /><i>cargo handling area</i>, <a
href="/wiki/Ninoy_Aquino_International_Airport" title="Ninoy Aquino International
Airport">Ninoy Aquino International Airport</a>;<br /> <i>bus</i>, plying the <a
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los Santos Avenue">Epifanio de los Santos Avenue</a> route;<br /><i>train</i>, <a
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Station">Blumentritt station</a>, <a
href="/wiki/Manila_Light_Rail_Transit_System_Line_1" title="Manila Light Rail
Transit System Line 1">Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1</a></td></tr><tr><th
scope="row"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;">Attack
type</div></th><td><a href="/wiki/Black_powder" class="mw-redirect" title="Black
powder">Black-powder</a> bombs</td></tr><tr><th
scope="row">Deaths</th><td>22</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Injured</th><td>120<sup
id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-
1">[1]</a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Perpetrators</th><td><a
href="/wiki/Islamism" title="Islamism">Islamist</a> <a href="/wiki/Terrorism"
title="Terrorism">terrorists</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
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1999)
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invasion of Sabah"><i>Merdeka</i></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Jabidah_massacre" title="Jabidah massacre">Jabidah</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Manili_massacre" title="Manili massacre">Manili</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jolo_(1974)" title="Battle of Jolo
(1974)">Jolo</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Malisbong_massacre" title="Malisbong
massacre">Malisbong</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/1995_Ipil_massacre" title="1995 Ipil
massacre">Ipil</a></li></ul>
<p>(2000–2010)
</p>
<ul><li><a
href="/wiki/2000_Philippine_campaign_against_the_Moro_Islamic_Liberation_Front"
title="2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front">Philippine Campaign</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rizal Day</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Dos_Palmas_kidnappings" title="Dos Palmas kidnappings">Dos
Palmas</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/2001_Misuari_rebellion" title="2001 Misuari
rebellion">Misuari</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/2002_Zamboanga_City_bombings" title="2002 Zamboanga City
bombings">Zamboanga City</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Buliok_Complex" title="Battle of the Buliok
Complex">Buliok Complex</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/2004_SuperFerry_14_bombing" title="2004 SuperFerry 14
bombing">SuperFerry 14</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/2006_Central_Mindanao_bombings" title="2006 Central Mindanao
bombings">Central Mindanao</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/2007_Basilan_beheading_incident" title="2007 Basilan beheading
incident">Basilan</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/North_Cotabato_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="North
Cotabato conflict">North Cotabato</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/July_2009_Mindanao_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="July
2009 Mindanao bombings">2nd Central Mindanao</a></li></ul>
<p>(2011–present)
</p>
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zamboanga_City_crisis" title="Zamboanga City
crisis">Zamboanga City</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Darkhorse" title="Operation
Darkhorse"><i>Darkhorse</i></a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/2014_Battle_of_Basilan" title="2014 Battle of
Basilan">Basilan</a></li>
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<li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tipo-Tipo" title="Battle of Tipo-Tipo">Tipo-
Tipo</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/2016_Butig_clashes" title="2016 Butig clashes">Butig</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/2016_Davao_City_bombing" title="2016 Davao City bombing">Davao
City</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/2017_Bohol_clashes" title="2017 Bohol clashes">Bohol</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marawi" title="Battle of Marawi">Marawi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jolo_Cathedral_bombings" title="2019 Jolo Cathedral
bombings">Jolo Cathedral</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<p>The <b>Rizal Day bombings</b>, also referred to as the <b>December 30
bombings</b>, were a series of bombings that occurred around <a
href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro Manila</a> in the <a
href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> on December 30, 2000.
The explosions occurred in close succession within a span of a few hours. Twenty-
two (22) fatalities were reported and around a hundred more suffered non-fatal
injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-Anniversary_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-
Anniversary-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SunStar1_3-0"
class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SunStar1-3">[3]</a></sup><sup
id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
</p><p>The blasts occurred during a national holiday in the Philippines, where
December 30 is known as <a href="/wiki/Rizal_Day" title="Rizal Day">Rizal Day</a>,
commemorating the martyrdom of the country's national hero, <a href="/wiki/Jos
%C3%A9_Rizal" title="José Rizal">José Rizal</a>.
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