1743 Izu Cathedral and Rampayan Mosque bombings

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1743 Good Friday bombings
Location	Izu Island and Rampayan Island, Sendai Atoll, Ssamaritan Islands, Oriental Hispanioéire Taemhwan
Target(s)	Cathedral of Our Lady of Izu Island and Bait As-Syakir Mosque
Date	17-19.IX.1743 AN 09:04-09:30 (17.IX) 12:08-13:08 (19.IX) (PPT)
Attack type	Terrorism
Weapon(s)	Ammonium nitrate pipe bombs
Deaths	246
Injured	282
Claimed motive	Taemhwanian anti-seperation terrorism

On the morning of 17.IX.1743 AN and the afternoon of 19.IX, explosions occurred on two islands in the Sendai Atoll, Ssamaritan Islands, Oriental Taemhwan, namely Izu Island and Rampayan Island. Two series of bombings occurred at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Izu Island which caused 42 deaths and 148 injuries, and at the Bait As-Syakir Mosque on Rampayan Island which caused 204 deaths and 134 injuries. This bombing is known as the Good Friday bombing, it occurred 4 days after the Scattered Islands status referendum held on 17-22.VII.1743 AN for separation from Oriental Taemhwan and the establishment of the Scattered Islands Special Self-Governing Territory. It is believed that following the referendum result in favour of Rampayan, Izu and Marcus joining the Scattered Islands, an armed movement known as the Save Three Sendai Islands Alliance (SATSIA) was formed afterwards, and that the movement carried out the attacks on the two houses of worship, and that the armed movement was held responsible. The President of Phinbella, Hang Wilhelm Aloysius Frederiksen responded by issuing an order of "all-out war" against SATSIA. The two series of bombings were widely condemned by the realm and also by the Order of the Holy Lakes.

Background

This bombing took place after the Scattered Islands status referendum held on 17-23.VII.1743 AN to secede from Oriental Taemhwan and create the Special Self-Governing Territory of the Scattered Islands under the jurisdiction of the Federation. This territory would include the Scattered Islands, Isla del Tropico, the islands of the Amsterdam Islands Municipality and several islands within the Ssamaritan Islands (including Coëtivy, Kagayan de Ssamaritan, Tepen, Karayuki-san Atoll), particularly in Sendai Atoll where the two islands are located. Of the entire Sendai Atoll including the city of Sendai, only three islands (Rampayan, Izu and Marcus) voted to join the Scattered Islands through a referendum. All three islands voted more than 60 percent each to join the new territory, also receiving the approval of the entire Ssamaritan Islands district. As a result of the decision, the three islands within Sendai Atoll were legally merged with the Scattered Islands, and the atoll was divided into two different jurisdictions: under the Oriental Taemhwan SAR and the Federation. Politario who ruled Oriental Taemhwan also accepted the results of this referendum, and this referendum was not made by militants, but rather at the insistence of local leaders for a long time, until the Organic Law of the Scattered Islands was created.

The referendum result in favour of the three islands joining the Scattered Islands was not welcomed by the "NO" campaign group who strongly opposed the inclusion of Sendai Atoll in the new territory. As a result of dissatisfaction with the decision, an armed movement was formed soon after. The Save Three Sendai Islands Alliance or SATSIA was formed to prevent the three islands from joining the Scattered Islands. This movement was founded by a member of the "NO" campaign in Sendai Atoll named Aziz Jakurim Xi'an De Fai who is the mix Suuk-Tieyan-Yehudi extremist. The armed movement is believed to have received funding from a heretical movement known as the fake Phinbella Sultanate which was defeated by the Phinbellan Armed Forces in the War of Delusion.