Right: The scene outside the Bali clubs after bombs tore through the premises, killing hundreds.
Background information
(The following account of the 2002 Bali bombings draws heavily on a wikipedia entry which can be read in full at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Bali_bombings)The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 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, 164 of whom were foreign nationals (including 88 Australians), and 38 Indonesian citizens. A further 209 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, Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Mukhlas Ghufron, 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.
Riduan Isamuddin, generally known as Hambali and the suspected former operational leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, is in United States custody in an undisclosed location, and has not been charged in relation to the bombing or any other crime.
(Most of the following information is drawn from a Reuters' timeline released on November 9, 2008.)
October 12, 2002: Blasts in the tourist island Bali's Kuta Beach nightclub area killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. The militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) was blamed.
November 5, 2002: Indonesian police arrested the first suspect, a mechanic called Amrozi from East Java.
November 21, 2002: Police arrested the alleged chief planner of the bombings, Imam Samudra, a 33-year-old engineer from West Java.
December 4, 2002: Amrozi's older brother, Mukhlas, a Muslim preacher also known as Ali Ghufron, was arrested in central Java. He was alleged to be the operational chief of JI in Southeast Asia.
May 12, 2003: Amrozi went on trial, charged with plotting the attacks and buying the explosives. He was dubbed the 'smiling bomber' for his expressions of delight during court appearances.
June 2, 2003: Imam Samudra went on trial.
June 16, 2003: Mukhlas's trial opened. One week later he retracted all statements, saying he was tortured into confessing.
August 7, 2003: Survivors applauded and cried in court as Amrozi was found guilty and was sentenced to death.
September 10, 2003: Imam Samudra was found guilty of masterminding the attacks and was sentenced to death.
October 2, 2003: Mukhlas was sentenced to death. He pleaded for a reduction, and indicated that he would appeal.
July 25, 2006: An official from Bali's district attorney's office stated that the three might be executed in August, 2006.
August 21, 2006: Indonesia delayed the executions of the three bombers, as defence lawyers planned to request a Supreme Court judicial review.
September 12, 2007: The three Bali bombers indicated that they would not seek a presidential pardon after the Supreme Court threw out Amrozi's final appeal.
May 12, 2008: Amrozi remarried his ex-wife, though he was not present at the ceremony.
August 6, 2008: Lawyers for the three men lodged a legal challenge to Indonesia's method of execution, saying that death by firing squad is inhumane.
October 1, 2008: The three men celebrated their last Eid al-Fitr in prison and warned that their friends would avenge their deaths.
October 20, 2008: Indonesia's constitutional court overruled the bombers' petition and upheld the use of firing squad for executions.
October 24, 2008: The Attorney general's office set the execution date for early November.
November 9, 2009: The three men were executed on Nusakambangan island.