Indo 1011 Final Presentation

Bali Bombings October 2002

Facts • Bombings occurred October 12, 2002 at 11:05pm Local Time • 202 people were killed • 164 were foreign nationals • 38 were Indonesian citizens

• 209 people were injured • The attack involved the detonation of 3 bombs • 3 people were convicted for the bombings and executed on November 9th, 2008

Location of Bombings

Kuta: Paddy’s Pub First bomb detonated here

Location of Bombings

Kuta: Sari Club Second bomb detonated here

Location of Bombings

Denpesar United States Consulate

Timeline of Events • First bomb explodes in a backpack mounted device carried by a suicide bomber inside the nightclub Paddy’s Pub – 11:05pm Local Time • Second bomb exploded in a van outside the Sari Club leaving a one-meter deep crater – 15seconds after the first bomb at 11:05pm • Third bomb explodes at the United States Consulate in Denpesar, Bali – Minutes after the first two bombs

Aftermath

Sari Club: Kuta

Sari Club: Kuta

Paddy’s Pub: Kuta

Heroic Actions • Several hotel pools opened their facility because the hospitals were ill prepared for this type of event • Kusitino Halemai • Owner of the Bounty Hotel in Kuta • Given the Order of Australia Medal in 2005 for aid given to the victims of the Bali Bombings

• Richard B. Poore & Gilana Poore • Tourists who organized a make-shift hospital in the lobby of their hotel to help victims

Memorial

Documentaries • Long Road To Heaven: released in 2006 • Indonesian film about the bombings • Chronicles three different events: months before the bombings, the execution of the bombings and the trials of the suspects

• Fool Me Twice: released in 2008 • Documentary analyzing the Bali Bombings’ Investigation

Suspects

Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Mukhlas Ghufron were executed by firing squad on November 9th, 2008

Trials • One week after the blasts an audio cassette carrying a recorded message from Osama Bin Laden was found saying the Bali bombings were in direct relation for support of the United States’ war on terror and Australia’s role in the liberation of East Timor • Indonesian Chief of Police said that the Bali Bombings was the worst act of terror in Indonesian’s history • The organization suspected of responsibility of the bombings was Jemaah Islamiyah an Islamist group led by radical Abu Bakar Bashir