Seconds From Disaster - S02E08 - The Bali Bombing

The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, (including 88 Australians, and 38 Indonesian citizens). A further 240 people were injured.

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.

Various members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a violent Islamist group, were convicted in relation to the bombings, including three individuals who were sentenced to death. Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, was found guilty and sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment. However Bashir only served 18 months of his 2½ year imprisonment, because of his indirect involvement with the incident. When the would-be bombers approached him and vaguely stated their wish to conduct jihad in Bali, he reportedly gave his assent without asking for details of what was planned. This enabled him to later state that he did not know his followers planned a massive bomb attack, nor did he endorse it, although he upheld their right to carry out jihad as they saw fit. Bashir's lack of direct knowledge of bombing operations was one reason why he twice escaped with short jail terms after being tried for terrorism-related offences. Riduan Isamuddin, generally known as Hambali and the suspected former operational leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, is in U.S. custody in an undisclosed location, and has not been charged in relation to the bombing or any other crime. On 9 November 2008, Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Huda bin Abdul Haq were executed by firing squad on the island prison of Nusakambangan at 00:15 Local time (17:15 GMT). Recently, on March 2010, the mastermind of 2002 Bali Bombing Dulmatin believed may be killed in a shootout with police at an internet cafe in Jakarta.

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[stpetersburg]

why can't people live in peace? religion has caused more wars and suffering than anything else in the world...

[dd1987x]

"These local Hindu's believe that the ghosts of local blast victims haunt the area. They want to hold a ceremony to purify the site and release the troubled spirits of the dead but it means scooping up all the rubble and casting it into the sea. The officials tell the Australian and Indonesian investigators that their time is up."

"If the investigators can't stop the bulldozers the murderers of 202 people might never be caught"

Isn't religion grand? *rolls eyes*

[MitzvaMobile]

@stpetersburg Not so much religion, maybe Hate and Ignorance, leading to retaliation of Imagination!

[camerl2009]

@TheVee2009 these muslim pigs should have been raped in pig skin and shot with bullets diped in pig blood

[camerl2009]

@coolbreeze922 may god dip you in pigs blood ha ha ha muslim scum

[camerl2009]

@stpetersburg ever notice throughout history its been mostly started by muslims

[angrybirdsforever]

Fucking god damn terrorist.!!!

[angrybirdsforever]

Sigh...

[Tiavvelenero73]

Your greatest strength is to admire,understand,appreciate,a­ccept and love.Beginning from this moment your life can be changed.

[TheVee2009]

@Im1man; I disagree with you ... they shouldn't be locked away for life. They should be set alight and burn slowly then leave them to die like the garbage that they are.

[coolbreeze922]

God bless Islam. Murdering cunts.

[TintinCompilations]

Going to Bali in two weeks, I've never been before and I'm hoping no shit like this happens...