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Umar Patek was freed last year after serving 11 years in jail for his role in the Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
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Umar Patek was freed last year after serving 11 years in jail for his role in the Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
Umar Patek was freed last year after serving 11 years in jail for his role in the Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
On October 12, 2002, Bali fell victim to the deadliest act of terrorism in Indonesia's history. Three bombs were detonated in busy nightclubs in the popular Kuta district, killing 202 people and injuring more than 200 others. Members of Jemaah Islamiyah, an extremist Islamist group, were convicted over the bombings and in November 2008 Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Huda bin Abdul Haq were executed by firing squad.
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