Convicted for carrying out the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings the killed 202 people, three terrorists were shot dead last night by a firing squad at the prison island of Nusakambangan off southern Java Saturday, the widely expected executions came after Indonesian authorities set aside warnings from the families of those killed in the macabre bombing that mainly targeted foreign tourists.
Relatives of some of the British dead requested for the executions 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,” reported the Guardian.
The executions are understood to be have been carried out in a clearing in the heavily forested island by police who had been preparing for days.
According to reports the men were taken from their cells to the site about 4 km from the prison, where they were strapped to wooden poles, and shot through the heart. Following negotiations with the men's families, their bodies will be flown to their home villages for burial.
Amrozi had gained notoriety as the 'smiling bomber' for his behaviour at his trial when he was convicted of providing the van and explosives for the attack on the Sari Club in the popular resort of Kuta.
The carrying out of the death sentences, passed five years ago, brings an end to a protracted period of delays. The dead men said that they carried out the twin bombings in retaliation for US-led aggression in Afghanistan.
As news of the killings spread around the globe, western countries renewed warnings to their citizens to be vigilant against reprisal attacks.
The three men were found guilty of planning and helping to carry out the attacks on 12 October 2002 that thrust Indonesia on to the front line in the war on terrorism. They never expressed any remorse, even taunting some of the relatives of their victims at their trials five years ago.
(Internet inputs)
Relatives of some of the British dead requested for the executions 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,” reported the Guardian.
The executions are understood to be have been carried out in a clearing in the heavily forested island by police who had been preparing for days.
According to reports the men were taken from their cells to the site about 4 km from the prison, where they were strapped to wooden poles, and shot through the heart. Following negotiations with the men's families, their bodies will be flown to their home villages for burial.
Amrozi had gained notoriety as the 'smiling bomber' for his behaviour at his trial when he was convicted of providing the van and explosives for the attack on the Sari Club in the popular resort of Kuta.
The carrying out of the death sentences, passed five years ago, brings an end to a protracted period of delays. The dead men said that they carried out the twin bombings in retaliation for US-led aggression in Afghanistan.
As news of the killings spread around the globe, western countries renewed warnings to their citizens to be vigilant against reprisal attacks.
The three men were found guilty of planning and helping to carry out the attacks on 12 October 2002 that thrust Indonesia on to the front line in the war on terrorism. They never expressed any remorse, even taunting some of the relatives of their victims at their trials five years ago.
(Internet inputs)
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