2002 Bali bombings
A series of bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attacks killed 202 people (including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 23 Britons, and people of more than 20 other nationalities) and a further 209 people were injured. The Indonesian chief of police, General Da'i Bachtiar said that the bombings was the "worst act of terror in Indonesia's history".
| 2002 Bali bombings | |
|---|---|
| Part of terrorism in Indonesia | |
Aftermath of the bombings in Kuta | |
2002 Bali bombings (Badung Regency) 2002 Bali bombings (Bali) 2002 Bali bombings (Indonesia) | |
| Location | Kuta, Bali, Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 8°43′02″S 115°10′27″E |
| Date | 12 October 2002 11:05 p.m. Central Indonesia Standard Time (UTC+08:00) |
| Target | Two nightclubs (Paddy's Pub and Sari Club) with Western clientele, U.S. Consular office |
Attack type | Suicide bombing, car bombing |
| Weapons | IEDs |
| Deaths | 204 (including both bombers) |
| Injured | 209 |
| Perpetrators | Jemaah Islamiyah Al-Qaeda |
| Motive | Retaliation for United States' support of war on terror and Australia's role in the liberation of East Timor |
Various members of Jemaah Islamiyah (also abbreviated JI), a violent Islamist group, were convicted in relation to the bombings, including three individuals who were sentenced to death. The attack involved the detonation of three bombs: a backpack-mounted device carried by a suicide bomber; a large car bomb, both of which were detonated in or near popular nightclubs in Kuta; and a third much smaller device detonated outside the United States consulate in Denpasar, causing only minor damage.
On 9 November 2005, one of top JI's bomb maker and Malaysian former university lecturer Azahari Husin was killed in a police raid on a house in Batu, East Java. Azahari was believed to be the technical mastermind behind the Bali bombings and several bomb attacks in Indonesia. Three years later, on 9 November 2008, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Huda bin Abdul Haq were executed by firing squad on the island prison of Nusakambangan. On 9 March 2010, Dulmatin, nicknamed "the Genius"—believed to be responsible for setting off one of the Bali bombs with a mobile phone—was killed in a shoot-out with Indonesian police in Pamulang, South Tangerang.