Editing 2002 Bali bombings (section)

=== Execution of perpetrators ===
On 24 October 2008, Bali officials announced that three men convicted of carrying out the bombings would be executed by firing squad in November 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Saputra |first1=Andy |last2=Rivers |first2=Dan |date=24 October 2008 |title=Bali bombers' executions set for November  |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/bali.executions/index.html?iref=topnews |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Cazzulino |first=Michelle |date=30 October 2008 |title=Relieved Bali bombing victims want chapter closed |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24573604-5001021,00.html |access-date=8 November 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |author=AAP 
 |title=Bali bombers already brought to justice, Kevin Rudd says 
 |work=The Daily Telegraph 
 |location=UK 
 |date=30 October 2008 |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,24575384-5001028,00.html 
 |access-date=8 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207020211/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0%2C%2C24575384-5001028%2C00.html 
 |archive-date=7 December 2008 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref> On 25 October 2008, Communications and Information Minister asked the Indonesian media to stop calling the three "heroes".<ref>{{cite news|date=25 October 2008|title=Minister Asks Media not to Call Amrozi Et Al: "Heroes"|work=[[Antara (news agency)|Antara News]]}}</ref>

The [[Denpasar]] District Court, on 3 November, accepted a [[Clemency#Related concepts|reprieve]] motion to reconsider the death sentences.<ref>"[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24594228-601,00.html New twist in Bali bombers' execution ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106131832/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24594228-601,00.html |date=6 November 2008 }}" ''[[The Australian]]''</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=3 November 2008 |title=New appeal filed for Bali bombers |language=en-GB |work=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7705493.stm |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> Fahmi Bachmid, a lawyer for the family of Jafar Sodiq, a brother of Amrozi and Mukhlas, stated: "We lodged the judicial review to Denpasar court to question (previous) decisions." Lawyer Imam Asmara Hadi stated: "We have lodged an appeal because we haven't received a copy of the Supreme Court rejection of our previous appeal."

Indonesia's Supreme Court denied previous petitions for [[judicial review]] amid the constitutional court's dismissal of the bombers' appeals. Denpasar court official Nengah Sanjaya said the 3-page appeal would be sent to a [[Cilacap]], central [[Java]] court. But the Attorney General's office said on 1 November the execution was "very close".<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Rondonuwu |first1=Olivia |last2=Nathlia |first2=Telly |last3=Retnowati |first3=Herry |last4=Davies |first4=Ed |date=3 November 2008 |title=New court appeal lodged by Bali bombers |language=en |work=Reuters |editor-last=Richardson |editor-first=Alex |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-indonesia-bombers-idUKTRE4A20GX20081103 |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> Supreme Court judge Djoko Sarwoko, however, said a "last-minute legal challenge by the relatives of Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron will not change or delay the execution." They were moved to isolation cells, and execution spots were ready on the [[Nusakambangan]] island prison where they were being held. Local chief prosecutor Muhammad Yamin said they would be "executed simultaneously" but at different locations.<ref>"[http://www.gmanews.tv/story/131041/Judge-Bali-bombers-cannot-appeal-execution Judge: Bali bombers cannot appeal execution ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207025808/http://www.gmanews.tv/story/131041/Judge-Bali-bombers-cannot-appeal-execution |date=7 December 2008 }}" ''[[GMANews.tv]]'',</ref>

Amrozi, Imam Samudra and Ali Ghufron were executed by firing squad after midnight on 9 November 2008 ([[UTC+7|West Indonesian time]]).<ref>{{cite news |author=Firdaus |first=Irwan |date=9 November 2008 |title=Indonesia executes Bali bombers |work=The Jakarta Post |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/11/09/indonesia-executes-bali-bombers.html |url-status=dead |access-date=9 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112060134/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/11/09/indonesia-executes-bali-bombers.html |archive-date=12 November 2008}}</ref> In the final moment, there was no remorse or repentance, and they shouted: [[Allahu Akbar]], or "God is great!"<ref>"[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2297150 No repentance from Bali bombers ]" ''[[TVNZ]]'',</ref> Despite his carefree demeanor throughout his trial and incarceration, the Australian edition of ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]'' reported Amrozi was pale-faced and shaking in the moments before his execution.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/smiling-bali-bomber-assassin-amrozi-was-pale-afraid/story-e6freuy9-1111117989857|title=Smiling Bali bomber assassin Amrozi was 'pale & afraid'|author=Wockner, Cindy|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Daily Telegraph]]|date=10 November 2008|access-date=20 January 2015}}</ref> For burial, Mukhlas and Amrozi's bodies were flown by helicopter to Tenggulun, [[Lamongan]], [[East Java]], while Imam Samudra's body was flown to [[Serang]], [[Banten]], amid "welcome martyrs" banner displayed at the cemetery.

The execution caused high tension and sparked clashes in Tenggulun between hundreds of police and supporters.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 November 2008 |title=Bali bomb burials stoke tensions |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7718246.stm |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref><ref>"[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/Execution_of_Bali_bombers_sparks_clashes.html?siteSect=143&sid=9948123&cKey=1226210855000&ty=ti Execution of Bali bombers sparks clashes ] {{dead link|date=March 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}" ''[[swissinfo]]''</ref> Indonesian singer and TV presenter [[Dorce Gamalama]] attended the funeral of Imam Samudra. After praying with the crowd, she spent half an hour in the house of the executed man and spoke with his mother. On leaving she was quoted as saying "I'm certain he's gone to heaven".<ref>{{cite web |title=Dorce Hadiri Pemakaman Imam Samudra |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-1033864/dorce-hadiri-pemakaman-imam-samudra |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207040146/http://www.detiknews.com/read/2008/11/09/112244/1033864/10/dorce-hadiri-pemakaman-imam-samudra |archive-date=7 December 2008 |access-date=9 November 2008 |work=Detik.com |language=id}}</ref> [[Ma'ruf Amin]], deputy chairman of the Indonesian Ulemas Council, the chief body for Islamic clerics in Indonesia said of the men: "They did not die a holy death. That can only be in a war and Indonesia is not at war."<ref name="rage">{{Cite web |last1=Allard |first1=Tom |last2=Murray |first2=Lisa |date=10 November 2008 |title=Torrent of rage as Indonesia on high alert |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/torrent-of-rage-as-indonesia-on-high-alert-20081110-gdt27x.html |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>