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 ⓘ