These bombings, occurring in both the McDonald's store and the car dealership, and thought to be in relation to the peace agreement and support given by the Indonesia's vice president, Jusuf Kalla.
[4] Kalla owns both the McDonald's store and car dealership in Makassar, where the bombings act as a threat towards the Vice President in relation to his peace phenomena.
[8] During the interrogation of both suspects, Police were able to collect information about the attack, gaining confirmation in the suspicions of Agung Hamid having a significant involvement in the 2002 McDonald's Bombings in the Ratu Indah Shopping mall.
[8] On 15 August 2005, several years after the bombings, Agung Hamid was trailed at the Makassar District Court, where the judges ruled him as guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
[10] Another individual, Galazi Bin Abdul Somad, a Muslim Militant, was heavily involved in the Makassar bombings through the role of transporting the explosives to the actual bombers.
National Police detectives have incentives that there is a strong link between the Makassar and Bali bombings, to which both of the attacks have been blamed on the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terror group.