Sms text messages sent to a radio station in Kupang, capital of East Nusa Tenggara province, in West Timor, threatened to bomb thirty-one churches in the city on New Year’s Eve.

The message was sent to the Suara Timor (Voice of Timor) station by a person claiming to be a leader of the Jamaah Islamiyah terrorist network. An official at the station, Silvester Sega, immediately reported the threat to the police.