[4], Various members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a violent Islamist group, were convicted in relation to the bombings, including three individuals who were sentenced to death. It was October 12, 2002, and the night was just getting started. "Everybody's situation is their situation," Mr Fyfe said. Shes an exceptional leader: so calm, so caring, but able to make tough decisions. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. THIOLINA: I'm not sure how long I [was] passed out. "It was an emotional moment, the moment when I accepted my leg was gone. We need to be prepared for smaller scale accidents as well as the next disaster. [7], Damage to the densely populated residential and commercial district was immense, destroying neighbouring buildings and shattering windows several blocks away. Additional photography courtesy of Reuters, AP and Facebook. JONES:[The terrorists]were more inspired by two things [in the Bali bombing attack]. There was only two of us in the pub, which was kind of unheard of on a Saturday night. * An injured person aboard an RAAF Hercules evacuation flight died en route to Darwin on Sunday night. These laws were used by the prosecution instead of existing criminal laws as they allowed the death penalty to be imposed and lowered certain evidentiary restrictions. And they were just interacting and sort of trying to joke around [in]the way most of the other Indonesians I had interacted with at that time [did]. It was an end-of-season soccer trip that put Mr Fyfe in Bali, standing on the edge of the dance floor in Paddy's Bar, when the first bomb went off. Following this decision, charges related to the bombings against Idris, who had confessed to participating in the attacks to the police and court, were dismissed. Broadcast Tue 3 Jul 2018 at 12:40pm. CSABI: I've gone unconscious a couple of times and I'm crawling and I remember girls next to me, they were just like flame trees, they're on fire. A manager with Western Power, Mr Fyfe said he used the resilience and patience the bombings had awoken in him to help his employees and himself. al-Qaeda See all related content 2002 Bali Bombings, terrorist attack involving the detonation of three bombs on the Indonesian island of Bali on October 11, 2002, that killed 202 people. David Fyfe has over 20 years of experience across the energy and telecommunications industries. I had surgery that night. The investigators were thus able to recreate the bombers activities. I was back part-time, on crutches, in five months.". Ben Davis, early 20s (from Hobart) in Melbourne's St Vincents Hospital with burns to hands in a stable condition. Perth WA 6009 Australia. And my condition was not good. It has taught him lessons he has applied in a successful business career, culminating in his recent appointment as chief executive of Synergy. The dedication included a Balinese Hindu ceremony and the opportunity for mourners to lay flowers and other offerings. As noted below, all three were executed on 9 November 2008. There are also some graffiti memorials in memory of the dead. Anatomy of a Terrorist Attack: An in-Depth Investigation into the 2002 Bali, Indonesia, Bombings 2007-14 About the Matthew B. Ridgway Center The Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies at the University of Pittsburgh is dedicated to producing original and impartial analysis that informs Now the expat has recalled the moment he was blown up in a documentary for Australian television. Police also uncovered training manuals on ambush techniques and numerous articles on jihad. I had this massive hard thump in my chest and I was just knocked out instantly. It stars Raelee Hill, Mirrah Foulkes, Alex Komang, Surya Saputra, John O' Hare, Sarah Treleaven, and Joshua Pandelaki. I'm not a racist in any shape or form. In line with the return of tourism to Kuta, Kuta Karnival has grown into a tourism promotional event with major coverage from television and newspapers from across the globe. And I'm able to really enjoy my life and I'm making every minute count. The story is not chronologically linear, starting with the explosion and then moving from time to time so as all three plots are culminated one after the other. Reveal sub navigation . It is flanked by the national flags of the victims. ", Indonesia's Supreme Court denied previous petitions for judicial review amid the constitutional court's dismissal of the bombers' appeals. She has travelled with him, along with Mr Cowdery and other former Perth City teammates, to Bali for the 20th anniversary of the bombings. A remembrance garden was constructed at the International School Ho Chi Minh City commemorating teachers from that school who were killed in the bombings. I raced outside as did everyone who was in the club to see what was going on. He shies away from giving advice to others facing hardship. So I did the only thing I could do and that was to crawl away from the heat. ATKINSON: I was woken in the early hours by a night-owl relative in Sydney, who rang and he said there'd been some kind of explosion [in Bali] and were we all right? The two suicide bombers exploded their devices. Mr Fyfe said he needed to understand what had happened to him. The attacks claimed the lives of 202 people, including 88 Australians and put some UWA Medical School graduates to the test. In 2006, Long Road to Heaven, an Indonesian feature film about the bombings, was released by Kalyana Shira Films. [It] was packed with people and security at the front gates, just as normal. A few seconds later, a massive explosion happened. The local Sanglah Hospital was quickly overwhelmed with the number of victims. You will be killed just as you kill, and will be bombed just as you bomb. This will be the first year that his oldest brother, Trent, 41, has been to Bali since the bombing. CSABI: I can't understand what goes through your mind there except when I woke up, I was just looking down. Blatantly lied to: Clarkes ex responds to cheating drama, McGowan to spruik WAs green hydrogen during Asian junket, Gore criticises oil influence at COP talks, Ride out economic turbulence without making emergency exit, Trade, investment key to peaceful Pacific. Bob Marshall, 68 (from Adelaide. I remember waking up 12 days after Bali no idea what had happened, Mr Fyfe said. The Australian, US, and many governments expressed its disappointment that the sentence was too short; in the outcome, Bashir was freed 14 June 2006 having served less than 26 months for his conspiracy,[31] and on 21 December 2006, Bashir's conviction was overturned by Indonesia's Supreme Court. Opening Australia's eyes to burns injuries, Professor Wood, together with her team at Royal Perth Hospital, helped save 28 patients using her innovative technique known as "spray on skin". I do not know for sure the source of the aforementioned money from Hambali; most probably it was from Afghanistan, that is, from Sheikh Usama bin Laden. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. Many have praised the acts of heroism displayed by strangers on the night of October 12. On 15 August, Riduan Isamuddin, generally known as Hambali, described as the operational chief of Jemaah Islamiyah was arrested in Ayutthaya, Thailand, the old capital one hour's drive north of Bangkok. It was months after the October 2002 terror attacks, when he was finally discharged from hospital and returned to his Perth home, that the Scottish migrant sat on his couch and did something he had never done before and would never do again. The local Sanglah Hospital was ill-equipped to deal with the scale of the disaster and was overwhelmed with the number of injured, particularly burn victims. And what's incredible is [I no longer fear]traffic jams. Christine Anu sang The Lighthouse by toxtwo at the opening ceremony. I did my rehab in Darwin, so eight and a half weeks in Darwin, being the last Australian to get out of that Darwin hospital. DECI: People were clapping because they thought there was a party in Paddy's. Every time I opened the wardrobe I would cry. He is going with his wife Tony, and their daughters Yasmin, nine, and Amity, six who never met their uncle Clint. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. [33][34][35] On 25 October 2008, Communications and Information Minister asked the Indonesian media to stop calling the three "heroes". On their arrival to Sanglah hospital it became clear that adequate treatment for those severely injured had to be sought elsewhere. So emergency service and vehicles couldn't enter that area. I got on with it. Get notifications in MyBN when activity occurs. There were many acts of individual heroism. It has different religious traditions, a whole range of different traditions [and]the people are different. Join the Business News community for the latest news headlines, straight to your inbox, twice daily. He has a proven track record of delivering customer-focused business strategies and achieving success in the two major government trading enterprises in the energy sector, Mr Johnston said. However, investigators discovered the bomb was made from potassium chlorate, aluminium powder, and sulfur. [My friends] Lina and Gatot were no longer in the car. ANDREW CSABI, Australian survivor: At 10:30pm, we decided to go into the Sari Club. Just past midnight on 9 November 2008, the three convicted of carrying out the bombings (Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim, and Ali Ghufron) were executed by a firing squad. It was a typical Saturday nightin Bali and the Kuta Beach tourist strip was heaving with people. There is talk about a fifth COVID vaccine, but how many should I already have and who is eligible? Engineer David Fyfe was inside Paddy's Bar when the first bomb went off. By looking at understanding how the circuitry was designed, or what trigger mechanism was used, or even what explosive mixture was [used, it] can give us a really strong intelligence as to the training and understanding of who might have actually trained them. It was never in my DNA to give up, anyway. The first bomber headed to Paddy's Pub. As patients were stabilised, the triage plan for who to evacuate first, became the central task. But I can tell you at 25 years old, sitting three or four feet away from one of the Bali bombers there's a couple of them, but there was one at the time hearing them talk quite normally about their role in the investigation or their points on our design of the bomb and how we thought it had functioned was one of the most surreal things I've ever experienced. There were a lot of people on the street. The boys were a matter of only five minutes away from the site when the bombs went off, but lifes full of sliding door moments.. Now 43, he exercises fanatically, and can leg press 120kg. Morning and afternoon timely wrap ups of every news item delivered straight to your device. Mr Mason told Mr Fyfe he'd had an emergency life-saving procedure, when a doctor cut him to the bone on the runway in Bali, just before he'd been loaded on to the plane. I never did any interviews with journalists, Inever wanted to. So I have to start having the courage to speak up. That's the last thing I remember.". DE HAART: People wandering around, people in a state of shock. Bali bombings: The 28 British victims of the bombers VIEW COMMENTS 11 October 2012 T wenty-eight Britons were killed during the Bali bombings on October 12, 2002: :: Timothy Arnold, 43, a. THIOLINA: Suddenly, I felt there was a really big hand taking me out of the car I'm not sure where I was taken out from, whether from the car's door or the window. 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