Bali Bomber Mastermind Dulmatin Kiilled in Shoot-out

Bali Bombing Scene

The alleged mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings is believed to have been killed in a shoot-out with Indonesian police on the outskirts of Jakarta today. Dulmatin, nicknamed “the Genius”, was an explosives expert who was believed to have set off one of the Bali bombs with a mobile phone, as well as helping to assemble the massive car bomb used in the attacks, which killed 202 people.

The shoot-out happened during a morning raid on a house in Pamulang city, west of the Indonesian capital. Police said the raid, which comes two weeks before a visit by President Obama, targeted Dulmatin and two other senior members of the militant Islamist organisation Jemaah Islamiyah.Indonesia’s counter-terrorism unit, Detachment 88, has launched a series of raids across the archipelago following the discovery of a militant Islamic training camp in Aceh, on the island of Sumatra, last month. Police have detained 21 suspected members of the group in Aceh and Java, while two have been killed.

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Three Bali Bombers Have Been Executed

UPDATE: Three Bali bombers have been executed by firing squad on their prison island in Indonesia, according to television station TV One.

Islamic militants Mukhlas, his younger brother Amrozi, and Imam Samudra were put to death for their lead roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings.

The attacks killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.

Hundreds more were injured when bombs tore through the crowded Sari Club and nearby Paddy’s Bar on October 12, 2002.

The bombers were put to death on Nusakambangan Island in Central Java. The island is home to the prison where they spent their last years.

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Al Jazeera has learnt that the three men sentenced to die for their role in the Bali bombings will be executed in the coming hours.

The twin bomb attacks on the island in October 2002 killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists.

Barring a last minute change by the authorities, the executions will be carried out early on Friday morning at a prison island off the coast of Java.

The executions are a highly sensitive issue in Indonesia, with supporters of the men vowing to carry out revenge attacks if they are put to death.

Indonesian police have stepped up security across the country amid fears that the execution could spark fresh bombings.

On the island of Bali, police bomb squads have conducted thorough searches around the site of the bomb memorial and elsewhere in Kuta, one of the island’s main tourist areas and scene of the attack.

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