Bali bombers executed in Indonesia after repeated delays

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Indonesia helped fuel sympathy for the 2002 Bali bombers by repeatedly postponing their executions and allowing them to rally supporters from behind bars, experts said Monday, after hard-liners welcomed home their bodies with calls for revenge. Several embassies, including those of the US and Australia, urged citizens to keep a low profile, saying they could be targeted. Imam Samudra, 38, and brothers Amrozi Nurhasyim, 47, and Ali Ghufron, 48, were brought before a firing squad near their high-security prison on Nusakambangan island early Sunday, said Jasman Panjaitan, a spokesman for the Attorney General's office. They refused blindfolds and died instantly, he said. The October 12, 2002, attacks - allegedly funded by al-Qaida and carried out by members of the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah - killed 202 people and were the first of several suicide bombings in the world's most populous Muslim nation. Most of those killed were foreign tourists who packed two nightclubs on Bali on the busiest night of the week.