2022 Beresa port bombing
| 2022 Beresa port bombing | |
|---|---|
 The aftermath of the bombing at the naval port in Beresa | |
| Location | Beresa Naval Port, Beresa, Saint Croix and Bens |
| Date | October 1st, 2022 8:02 PM |
| Weapons | Ammonium nitrate explosion |
| Deaths | 1,101 (including the perpetrators) |
Non-fatal injuries | 2,000+ |
| Perpetrator | unknown* |
The 2022 Beresa port bombing was an attack against WEDA military forces at the Beresa Naval Port in Beresa, Saint Croix and Bens, on October 1st, 2022. The blast destroyed or heavily damaged 22 naval vessels and killed over 1,100 people, and injured 2,000 more. The attack occured at around 8 PM when an explosive-laden barge which had anchored between two warships, the ZMS Pellow and the SCBN Beresi, blew up. President Wira Santoso immediately authorized a state of emergency in response to the attack, and a massive rescue and recovery effort was undertaken. As of October 1st, 2022, the perpetrators of the attack are unknown.
The explosion, caused by a barge laden with 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate (equivalent to around 1.1 kilotons of TNT), completely destroyed the two vessels and damaged dozens of others, and it also leveled or severely damaged hundreds of structures within the immediate vicinity of the naval base. The explosion registered as a seismic event of magnitude 3.6 and is considered one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions in history. Sailors and other personnel from SCB, Albarine, Emmiria, Quetana, Sulifa, and Zamastan were killed.