Long road to justice over Bali bombings

The first arrest over the Bali bombings came less than a month after the attack, but more than a decade later authorities are bringing a key player to justice.

Relatives of the victims of the 2002 Bali bombings mourn in front of the Bali Bombing Memorial during on the 14th anniversary of the bombing

Relatives of the victims of the 2002 Bali bombings mourn in front of the Bali Bombing Memorial during on the 14th anniversary of the bombing Source: AAP

MORE THAN A DECADE SINCE THE 2002 BALI BOMBINGS, KEY PLAYERS ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE:

* Three simultaneous bombings are carried out on October 12, 2002 at a popular tourist spot in Kuta, Bali

* 202 people killed, including 88 Australians, while another 209 are injured

* Two of the attackers are also killed

* Indonesian authorities identify extremist group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) as being behind the attack
Relatives of the victims of the 2002 Bali bombings
Relatives of the victims of the 2002 Bali bombings Source: EPA
* Ali Amrozi bin Haji Nurhasyim, who bought a van used in the attack, is arrested on November 5

* A second bombing takes place in 2003, this time targeting the JW Marriott Hotel

* Others involved in the 2002 plot are rounded up including Amrozi's two brothers, Ali Ghufron and Ali Imron, as well as Imam Samudra

* Riduan Isomuddin, known as Hambali and alleged to have overseen the 2002 and 2003 attacks, is captured in Bangkok, Thailand in 2003

* Dr Azahari bin Husin, believed to have been the technical mastermind behind the attacks, is killed in a raid on his Indonesian hideout, following additional arrests and convictions
* After serving more than two years for conspiracy, Abu Bakar Bashir, the former spiritual leader of JI, is freed in 2006 and subsequently cleared of any involvement

* Hambali is detained in Guantanamo Bay without charge

* Amrozi, Samudra and Mukhlas are executed by firing squad on November 9, 2008

* Dulmatin, who helped to assemble the van bomb and explosive vests used in the attacks, is killed in a shootout with police on the outskirts of Jakarta in 2010

* Patek, the last of the main players, is captured in Pakistan in 2011
* Abu Bakar Bashir is jailed in 2011 over a terrorist training camp found in Aceh, Sumatra

* Patek is sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2012 after being found guilty of mass murder for his role in the attack.

* Hambali is charged with multiple offences over the 2002 attacks in June, 2017.


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