Bojinka means loud bang or explosion in Serbo-Croatian

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The Bojinka plot was a major mid-1990s Islamist terrorist conspiracy to bomb multiple airliners over the Pacific and assassinate Pope John Paul II, foiled before it could be carried out.

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instanceOf Islamist terrorist conspiracy
terrorist plot
associatedOrganization al-Qaeda-linked militants
conspiracyType international terrorism
country Philippines
discoveredIn 1995
etymology Bojinka means loud bang or explosion in Serbo-Croatian
foiledBy Philippine authorities
goal assassinate Pope John Paul II
bomb multiple airliners over the Pacific Ocean
ideology Islamist extremism
languageOfName Serbo-Croatian
location Manila
method aircraft bombing
notablePerpetrator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Ramzi Yousef
plannedAttackType simultaneous bombings
plannedBy Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Ramzi Yousef
region Pacific Ocean
religiousTarget Catholic Church
significance precursor to later al-Qaeda aviation plots
status foiled
target Pope John Paul II
trans-Pacific airliners
timePeriod mid-1990s
victimType civilian airline passengers

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Bojinka plot codeNameMeaning Bojinka means loud bang or explosion in Serbo-Croatian
Bojinka plot etymology Bojinka means loud bang or explosion in Serbo-Croatian