2002 Bali bombings
| 2002 Bali bombings | |
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| Part of terrorism in Indonesia | |
The Bali Bombing memorial at the site of the original Paddy's Pub across the road from the site of the now demolished Sari Club (to the left of this picture) | |
| Location | Bali, Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 8°43′02″S 115°10′27″E / 8.71722°S 115.17417°E |
| Date | 12 October 2002 11:05 p.m. Central Indonesia Standard Time (UTC+08:00) |
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Attack type | Suicide bombing, car bombing |
| Weapons | Van bomb, explosive belt, Improvised explosive device |
| 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 Timor-Leste |
The 2002 Bali bombings were a series of terrorist attacks 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 injured a further 209. General Da'i Bachtiar, the National Police Chief at the time, said that the bombings was the "worst act of terror in Indonesia's history".
Various members of Jemaah Islamiyah (also abbreviated JI), a violent Islamist group, were convicted in relation to the bombings, including three 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 Kuta nightclubs; and a third, much smaller device detonated outside the United States consulate in Denpasar, causing only minor damage.
On 9 November 2005, one of the top JI's bomb-makers, former Malaysian 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. 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 have set off one of the Bali bombs with a mobile phone—was killed in a shootout with Indonesian police in Pamulang, South Tangerang.