2002 Bali bombings

This article is about the 2002 bombings in Bali. For the 2005 attack, see 2005 Bali bombings.

2002 Bali bombings
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)
2002 Bali bombings is located in Badung Regency
2002 Bali bombings
2002 Bali bombings (Badung Regency)
2002 Bali bombings is located in Bali
2002 Bali bombings
2002 Bali bombings (Bali)
2002 Bali bombings is located in Indonesia
2002 Bali bombings
2002 Bali bombings (Indonesia)
Location in Badung Regency, Bali and Indonesia
LocationBali, Indonesia
Coordinates8°43′02″S 115°10′27″E / 8.71722°S 115.17417°E / -8.71722; 115.17417
Date12 October 2002; 22 years ago (2002-10-12)
11:05 p.m. Central Indonesia Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Target
Attack type
Suicide bombing, car bombing
WeaponsVan bomb, explosive belt, Improvised explosive device
Deaths204 (including both bombers)
Injured209
PerpetratorsJemaah Islamiyah
Al-Qaeda[1]
MotiveRetaliation for United States' support of war on terror and Australia's role in the liberation of East Timor

The 2002 Bali bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that 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.[2][3] General Da'i Bachtiar, the Indonesian National Police 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 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 the top JI's bomb-maker and 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.[4] 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.[5]

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  2. ^ "Bali death toll set at 202". BBC News. 19 February 2003. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  3. ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. ^ "'Bali bomb maker' believed dead". BBC News. 10 November 2005. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Bali bomber mastermind Dulmatin killed in shoot-out". 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2011.