INDONESIA/AUSTRALIA: Memorial services are held to mark the fifth anniversary of bombings that killed 202 people
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INDONESIA/AUSTRALIA: Memorial services are held to mark the fifth anniversary of bombings that killed 202 people
Memorial services are held around Australia and Bali to mark the fifth anniversary of bombings that killed 202 people on Indonesia's resort island. Memorial ceremonies were held around Australia and Bali on Friday (October 12), to mark the fifth anniversary of bombing attacks on Indonesia's holiday resort island killing 202 people. The blasts killed 88 Australians as well as people of numerous other nationalities and locals on 12 October 2002 at the Sari club and Paddy's Pub on Kuta Beach in Bali. Groups gathered in Perth at sunrise, and at Cronulla Beach and Coogee Beach in Sydney to remember those lost. The ceremony held in Denpasar in Bali was attended by victims' relatives, survivors and representatives from countries whose citizens fell victim to the blast. The Australian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Greg Hunt, said Australian authorities would continue to seek justice for the bombings. "To those who carried out this atrocity, our message is clear. You will not win. You will not succeed. And that is because we will not shrink from our commitment to seek justice. We will not rest in our cooperation with the Indonesians on counter-terrorism, on policing, on community development. We will not shrink from seeking justice, and we will not rest in our cooperation," he said. The mourners laid wreaths and flowers after speeches by those who had lost their loved ones. Of the victims, 164 were foreign nationals and 38 Indonesian citizens. Three men including Imam Samudra, Ali Ghufron and Amrozi bin Nurhasyim are on death row for their involvement in planning the bombings. Indonesia is the world's most populous muslim country. The country was criticized for not taking seriously enough of the bomb blasts. The Bali attack was followed by a car bomb at the JW Mariott hotel in Jakarta August 2003, which killed 12, and a blast outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta September 2004 which killed nine.
ITN Source | October 12, 2007
