A lawyer for the three Bali bombers on death row in Indonesia said Wednesday (19/9) they were ready to die after signing a last statement reportedly vowing their deaths would lead to “hell for infidels”. The three were convicted over the nightclub bombings on the resort isle in 2002 that killed 202 people including 88 Australians. The attacks were blamed on the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) militant network linked to al-Qaeda.
Indonesia’s Supreme Court last month rejected an appeal from the men – Amrozi, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron – and their lawyer Achmad Michdan said they were now ready to die. “They are all ready should their executions have to be carried out. They said they are even looking forward to their executions” he said after visiting them.
He said they had signed a joint final statement, “If we are executed, then the jets and drops of our blood, will God willing, become a ray of light for Muslims and become hell for infidels and hypocrites” it said, according to the Koran Tempo paper.
It also said that they would continue to engage in jihad for Islam if they were pardoned and released from prison. Indonesian courts have issued three death sentences, two life sentences and more than 30 other long jail terms for people involved in the Bali attacks or for helping hide the key players when they went on the run. (BTN/*)
