Editing 2002 Bali bombings (section)

== Suspects ==
The organization suspected of responsibility for the bombing was [[Jemaah Islamiyah]], an [[Islamist]] group allegedly led by radical cleric [[Abu Bakar Bashir]].<ref name=AGE>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/bashirs-release-a-cause-of-great-pain-howard/2006/06/14/1149964605731.html |title=Bashir's release a cause of great pain|work=The Age |access-date=19 September 2006 | location=Melbourne | date=15 June 2006 |first1=Brendan |last1=Nicholson}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Sidney |date=29 August 2003 |title=Jakarta and jihad : Indonesia faces more terror – International Herald Tribune |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2003/08/29/edjones_ed3_.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207073545/http://www.iht.com/articles/2003/08/29/edjones_ed3_.php |archive-date=7 December 2008}}</ref> A week after the blasts, Arab satellite channel [[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al-Jazeera]] put to air an [[Cassette tape|audio-cassette]] purportedly carrying a recorded voice message from [[Osama bin Laden]] that stated the Bali bombings were in direct retaliation for support of the United States' [[War on Terror]] and [[Australia and the Indonesian occupation of East Timor|Australia's role]] in the [[1999 East Timorese independence referendum|liberation]] of [[Timor-Leste]].<ref name="Bin Laden">{{Cite web |date=14 November 2002 |title='Bin Laden' voices new threat to Australia |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/bin-laden-voices-new-threat-to-australia-20021114-gdusbw.html |access-date=25 March 2023 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref>
<blockquote>You will be killed just as you kill, and will be bombed just as you bomb. Expect more that will further distress you.</blockquote>
The recording did not however claim responsibility for the Bali attack.<ref name="Bin Laden"/> Former [[FBI]] agent [[Ali Soufan]] confirmed in his book, ''The Black Banners'', that al-Qaeda did in fact finance the attack.<ref name="rulit.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.rulit.net/books/the-black-banners-read-249656-95.html |title=The Black Banners |access-date=3 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018114755/http://www.rulit.net/books/the-black-banners-read-249656-95.html |archive-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> In addition, [[Riduan Isamuddin]] confessed that al-Qaeda had sent him US$30,000 to fund the bombings of the two nightclubs.<ref name="smh.com.au">{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/06/1065292494121.html | title='Al-Qaeda financed Bali' claims Hambali report | date=6 October 2003 | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| access-date=5 July 2016 | agency=AFP }}</ref><ref name="rulit.net2">{{cite web |title=The Black Banners |url=http://www.rulit.net/books/the-black-banners-read-249656-95.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018114755/http://www.rulit.net/books/the-black-banners-read-249656-95.html |archive-date=18 October 2014 |access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="smh.com.au2">{{cite news |date=6 October 2003 |title='Al-Qaeda financed Bali' claims Hambali report |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |agency=AFP |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/06/1065292494121.html |access-date=5 July 2016}}</ref>

Aris Munandar (aka Sheik Aris) is a Jemaah Islamiyah associate linked to Bashir. He is believed to have assisted the Bali bomber [[Amrozi]] in acquiring some of the explosives used in the Bali bombings. Philippine intelligence considers Munandar to be associated with Mohammad Abdullah Sughayer, a Saudi national [[Abu Sayyaf]] Group in southern Philippines. Munandar is still at large. A report by the [[United States-Indonesia Society]] describes the arrest of Amrozi and other suspects.<ref>[http://www.usindo.org/publications/reports/pdf/WarOnTerror.pdf Indonesia's War on Terror] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326213002/http://www.usindo.org/publications/reports/pdf/WarOnTerror.pdf |date=26 March 2009 }}, by William M. Wise, Published by the United States–Indonesia Society, August 2005</ref>
<blockquote>General Pastika ordered his men to make the arrest early the next morning, November. Amrozi was asleep in the rear of the house. According to Greg Barton's account, Amrozi did not attempt to escape, but laughed instead, later exclaiming, "Gosh, you guys are very clever, how did you find me?" Amrozi's mobile phone, a particularly important piece of evidence, was seized during his arrest. Bags of chemical ingredients for bombs were found in his workshop and [[Soil test|soil samples]] taken from outside his home showed traces of the primary chemical used in the Sari Club bomb. Police found [[receipt]]s for the purchase of chemicals used to make the bombs, as well as a list of expenses incurred in making the bombs. Further search of Amrozi's home revealed copies of speeches by Osama bin Laden, and Abu Bakar Bashir, the radical Indonesian Muslim cleric reputed to be the leader of Jemaah Islamiyah. The speeches exhorted listeners to wage [[jihad]]. Police also uncovered training manuals on [[ambush]] techniques and numerous articles on jihad. Under questioning Amrozi revealed the names of six others involved in the bombing: Ali Imron, Imam Samudra, Dul Matin, Idris, Abdul Ghani and Umar Patek. But Amrozi's mobile phone proved to be the real catch. Indonesian investigators were able to print out a list of calls he had made immediately before, during and after the bombing, as well as the names and [[telephone number]]s in the phone's memory. Pastika kept Amrozi's arrest secret for two days. After it was announced, Polri monitored the sudden flurry of communications among numbers listed in Amrozi's telephone before the calls abruptly ceased. The investigators were able to identify the location of a number of the telephones, leading to a series of arrests.</blockquote>

Indonesian authorities also believe more suspects remain at large. In 2005, Indonesian police arrested 24 additional people suspected of involvement in the Bali attacks and a [[2003 Marriott Hotel bombing|2003 bombing of the Marriott Hotel]] in [[Jakarta]].

On 12 October 2005, a story in Australian broadcaster [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]'s documentary series ''[[Dateline (Australian TV program)|Dateline]]'', called "Inside Indonesia's War on Terrorism", argued that the [[Military of Indonesia|Indonesian military]] or police may have been involved in executing the attack.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Shea |first=David |title=SBS Documentary: Inside Indonesia's War on Terror {{!}} Scoop News |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0510/S00223.htm |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=www.scoop.co.nz}}</ref>

On 13 June 2007, it was reported that [[Abu Dujana (Jemaah Islamiah)|Abu Dujana]], who might have headed a [[clandestine cell system|terrorist cell]] in Bali, was captured.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3274889 Report on capture by ABC News] ''[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]''  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091104/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3274889 |date=18 October 2007 }}</ref>

Just past midnight on 9 November 2008, the three convicted of carrying out the bombings (Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim, and Ali Ghufron) were executed by a firing squad.

[[Umar Patek]] was finally arrested in [[Abbottabad]], Pakistan in early 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 March 2011 |title=Bali bombing suspect Umar Patek 'arrested in Pakistan' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-12900555 |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> The U.S. government had offered a US$1&nbsp;million reward for his arrest. Patek is a suspect in other bombings as well as the one in Bali.

Another suspect named Zulkarnaen was finally arrested in Lampung on 10 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flora |first=Maria |date=13 December 2020 |title=18 Tahun Buron, Fakta Zulkarnaen Teroris Bom Bali 1 Ditangkap Densus 88 di Lampung |url=https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/4432154/18-tahun-buron-fakta-zulkarnaen-teroris-bom-bali-1-ditangkap-densus-88-di-lampung |access-date=15 December 2020 |website=liputan6.com |language=id}}</ref> He was also stated to have orchestrated numerous Jemaah Islamiyah-related incidents in the past and been one of the executives of said terrorist group.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halim |first=Devina |date=14 December 2020 |editor-last=Galih |editor-first=Bayu |title=Ini Rekam Jejak Buronan Bom Bali I Menurut Catatan Densus 88 |url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/12/14/18241181/ini-rekam-jejak-buronan-bom-bali-i-menurut-catatan-densus-88 |access-date=15 December 2020 |website=KOMPAS.com |language=id}}</ref>