Bali Bombers Executed

(Indonesia) Six years after committing the mass murders of 202 mainly foreign tourists on the resort island of Bali, three Islamists were executed at just after midnight (local time) by firing squad on Nusakambangan Island off southern Java.

Ali Ghufron, Imam Samudera and Amrozi remained unrepentant to the end.


Bali bombers Ali Ghufron (L), Imam Samudera (C) and Amrozi (R)
The Indonesian Attorney General's Office confirmed that the executions had taken place.

“At 12.15am, the convicts ... were executed by shooting and followed up with an autopsy,” spokesman Jasman Pandjaitan said.

“They have been stated as dead. At this moment the bodies are being washed by the family.”

Attorney General Hendarman Supanji will hold a press conference in Jakarta at 11am local time (3pm AEDT).

The bombers were simultaneously shot through the heart by crack Indonesian troops assembled to carry out the task.

They were executed in an orchard some 6km from their prison on Nusakambangan Island, Indonesia's TV One reported.

A source at the prison said they shouted “Allahu Akbar” as they were escorted out of their isolation cells by paramilitary police shortly before their executions.

I'm pleasantly surprised that the three were actually executed. All along, I figured they would find a way to weasel out of any true punishment.