Kuta October 12. 2002 Bali

In Bali a car bomb exploded outside the Sari Club Discotheque on Legian Street, a busy tourist area filled with nightclubs, cafes, and bars, killing at least 187 international tourists and injuring 300 others. The resulting fire also destroyed the nearby Padi Club and Panin Bank and other buildings and cars.
Indonesian and Western intelligence officials arrested two key figures in connection with the Bali bombings.
The first man, known as Mukhlas, is believed to be the new operations chief for the regional Islamic militant group Jemaah Islamiah.
The second, Imam Samudra, is said by police to have not only confessed to masterminding the Bali attack, but to playing a role in bombings across Indonesia in the last two years.
JI ( Jemaah Islamiah) is thought to want to overthrow governments in the region and replace them with a pan-South East Asian Islamic state.

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