Bali Bomber Mastermind Killed In Shoutout With Indonesian Police

A handout shows a man whom police believe to be Dulmatin, a top fugitive militant wanted over the 2002 Bali bombings, after he was shot during a police anti-terror raid at an Internet shop in Pamulang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, March 9, 2010. REUTERS/TV-grab-Metro TV/Handout

Bali Bombing Mastermind 'Killed' In Shootout -- CNN

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- A police raid on the outskirts of Jakarta Tuesday may have killed one of Indonesia's most-wanted terrorists, though officials said they would await tests to verify the man's identity.

Local media cited counterterrorism squad members saying that a shootout in Pamulang, Banten province, killed Dulmatin, a senior member of the al Qaeda-linked terror network Jemaah Islamiyah.

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More News On The Killing Of The Last Bali Bomber

Bali bomber mastermind Dulmatin 'killed in shoot-out' -- Times Online
Indonesia believes top wanted militant killed -- Reuters
Officials: Bali bombing mastermind may be dead -- AP
Last suspect in Bali bombing may be dead -- Christian Science Monitor
Killed terror suspect may be Bali bomber Dulmatin -- The Australian
Bali bombing suspect 'killed in shootout with Indonesian police' -- The Guardian
Alleged Bali bomber believed killed in Indonesia -- National Post
Indonesia Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects -- New York Times
Are Indonesian terror networks regrouping? -- BBC

'1001 Jihadis To Take Place Of Bali Bombers'

From the Australian:

THE delighted family and spiritual adviser of executed Bali bombers Amrozi and Mukhlas have hailed their martyrdom, claiming the brothers died with smiles on their faces and that there will be 1001 jihadis to take their place.

Abdul Rohim, son of Muslim preacher Abu Bakar Bashir who set the bombers on their path of mass murder, said he had examined the pair's faces after they were shot by firing squads early on Sunday.

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Indonesia Handling Of Bali Executions Questioned

From Yahoo News/Reuters:

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia's handling of the executions of three militants for the 2002 Bali bombings caused unnecessary suffering for victims of the blasts and helped fan domestic passions, Indonesian media said on Monday.

The three men from the militant Islamist group Jemaah Islamiah -- Imam Samudra, Mukhlas, and Amrozi -- were executed by firing squad on Sunday for the 2002 nightclub attacks that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians and 38 Indonesians.

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Anger Erupts After Executions In Bali Blasts

From International Herald Tribune:

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Hours after the executions of three men for their roles in the Bali bombings of 2002, nearly 1,000 Islamic radicals shouted "God is great" in Arabic and threatened revenge as the bodies of two of the men arrived in their hometown, Tenggulun, in East Java on Sunday.

In the West Java village of Serang, heavily armed police officers struggled to restrain a raucous crowd as it carried the coffin of Imam Samudra, the third man executed for the bombings.

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Reprisals Fear As Bali Bombers Executed -- The Guardian

Jihadists are tied to poles and shot dead by firing squad, despite pleas from victims' families that their sentence could result in further atrocities

Three Islamic terrorists convicted for their part in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that claimed the lives of 202 people - most of them foreign tourists - were shot dead last night by firing squad.

The executions, which had been widely expected, came despite last-minute pleas to the Indonesian authorities from relatives of some of the British dead for the sentences to be stayed, warning that they would be used as a propaganda coup by the militants' supporters and families.

Jasman Panjaitan, a spokesman for the Attorney General's office, told a news conference last night that Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron had been executed on the prison island of Nusakambangan off southern Java.

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My Comment: The threat has always been there .... executing these mass murderers will make no difference.

Bali Bombers Executed

Supporters of Bali bomber Imam Samudra shout 'God is Great' while carrying pictures of Samudra and his daughter during prayers in Serang, Banten province November 9, 2008. (Dadang Tri/Reuters)

Three Bali Bombers Executed In Indonesia:
TV -- Yahoo News/Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has executed three Muslim militants sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people, the television network TvOne said on Sunday citing an unidentified source.

The TV station said Imam Samudra, Mukhlas and Amrozi were executed on Nusakambangan island in central Java after midnight.

The executions could not immediately be confirmed by officials.

Officials have previously said that after the executions the bodies would be taken by helicopter to the home towns of the accused -- brothers Mukhlas and Amrozi to Lamongan, in east Java, and Imam Samudra to Serang, west Java.

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More News On The Execution Of The Bali Bombers

Indonesia executes 3 militants for Bali bombings -- Yahoo News/AP
Indonesia executes Bali bombers -- BBC News
Bali nightclub bombers executed -- CNN
Bali bombers put to death -- ABC News (Australia)
Bali bombers executed six years after nightclub attacks which killed 202 people -- The Telegraph
Execution of Bali bombers divides victims’ families -- Times Online

Stage Set For Bali Bombers' Execution In Indonesia

From AFP:

CILACAP, Indonesia (AFP) — The execution of the three Bali bombers appeared imminent Wednesday as wooden posts to secure them for the firing squads were erected on their prison island, an official source said.

Senior Indonesian Islamic clerics also said they been asked to visit the Islamist militants in their isolation cells on death row, to provide final spiritual counselling.

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Security Tight As Bali Bombers' Executions Near

From International Herald Tribune:

JAKARTA: The Indonesian police have stepped up security around the country ahead of the executions of three Islamic militants convicted to death for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings.

On Tuesday, the police were investigating bomb threats made against the U.S. and Australian embassies. The threat, sent to the police by text message, warned that the embassies would be attacked if the bombers were killed. A police spokesman said no bombs had been found near either of the embassies and both remained open.

The exact time of the executions, by firing squad, has not been announced, but Indonesia's attorney general had said they would take place in early November.

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Threats From The Bali Bombers

Samudra has said he will not ask for forgiveness from infidels
(Marinsib/EPA)

Bali Will Be Attacked Again Warn Bombers -- Times Online

The three Islamic militants awaiting execution for the Bali bombings have warned that militants will target tourists in more attacks on the island.

Just days before they face death by a firing squad Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra have made the threat from their cell in an interview with CNN, to be broadcast next month.

Speaking to CNN correspondent Dan Rivers, Amrozi tells him he had "no regrets whatsoever," and adds: "My message for Australians; don't you come to places like that ever again. I'm sure that my colleagues will bomb it again," he says through an interpreter.

In a preview released by CNN, Mr Rivers puts to Samudra that he has twisted the words of the Koran to justify the 2002 attacks which killed 202 people including 24 Britons.

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My Comment: When I see race haters being punished .... I have no sympathy .... none at all.

Relief And Fear As Executions Near In Indonesia

Final moments ... the Bali bombers will end their lives in a dark forest, tied to poles, with hoods over their heads and their hearts illuminated by reflectors, say those who have seen Indonesian executions. (Image from News.com.au)

Bali Bombers To Be Executed, Say Indonesia Prosecutors
-- The Guardian

Three men to be executed by firing squad after bombings six years ago left more than 200 dead

The three men who carried out the Bali bombings six years ago that left more than 200 people dead will be executed next month, Indonesian prosecutors said today.

Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron had "exhausted their legal options", Jasman Panjaitan, a spokesman for Indonesia's attorney general, told reporters.

The announcement is politically sensitive as the government has been nervous that a confirmed execution will arouse some public sympathy for the trio. But the country's vice-president, Jusuf Kalla, told reporters after Muslim prayers that the government did not have "any hesitations" about the death sentences for Indonesia's worst terrorist attack.

They will be executed by a firing squad in the island prison where they are being held. No exact date was given.

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More News On Indonesia

Relief and fear as executions near -- BBC News
Countdown to Bali bombers' execution -- News.com.au
Bali bombers get date with fate -- Herald Sun
November execution date for Bali bombers -- News.com
Bali bombers to be executed 'next month' -- The Australian
Bali bombers looming execution to test Indonesia -- Reuters
Indonesia to execute Bali bombers in Nov -- AFP