The 1st Bali Bombing occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The bombing killed 202 people with 164 being foreign nationals 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 were convicted in relation to the bombings, including three individuals who were sentenced to death. Abu Bakar Bashir was found guilty and sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment. On 9 November 2008, Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Mukhlas Ghufron were executed on the island prison of Nusakambangan.
Imam Samudra and brothers Mukhlas and Amrozi.
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