INDONESIA: Relatives and survivors remember loved ones killed in Bali bombings, one year on

Record ID: 357267

  • Title: INDONESIA: Relatives and survivors remember loved ones killed in Bali bombings, one year on
  • Date: 1st October 2006
  • Summary: MORE OF MEMORIAL FAMILY MEMBERS LISTENING TO SPEECHES CLOSEUP WREATH WITH SIGNS SAYING "AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND INDONESIA" SECURITY ON BEACH
  • Embargoed: 16th October 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Indonesia
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: Obituaries
  • Reuters ID: LVACBE6WHNGP6GA4ZHBEN5PR3D78
  • Story Text: Relatives and survivors on Sunday (October 1) paid tribute to loved ones killed by devastating bomb blasts on the Indonesian resort island of Bali last year.
    Militants launched three coordinated bomb attacks on crowded restaurants in Bali on October 1 2005, killing 20 people including some foreigners and wounding 102.
    The simultaneous blasts came nearly three years after militants linked to al Qaeda bombed two nightclubs in Bali, killing 202 people, most of them foreign tourists.
    On the Jimbaran coast, where two of the three blasts occurred, a private memorial service was held amid tight security.
    "To the people and government of Indonesia who suffered shocking attacks here on their soil. Attacks on our neighbour, a growing democracy, Australia's friend. Be assured that Australia remains by your side determined to fight terrorism," said Australia's Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer.
    "The attempts of terrorists to spread disorder and dismay to drive people, and faiths apart, and to attack the aspirations of Indonesians for a democratic and prosperous future failed. They failed in 2002, they failed when the bombed the Australian embassy in 2004, and they failed in 2005," Farmer added.
    Bali is a popular holiday destination for Australians. Four Australians, one Japanese and 15 Indonesians were killed in the 2005 blasts, while 88 Australians were among those killed in 2002.
    "It has been a very difficult time for us to accept this tragic loss. I don't think anyone can accept losing their loved ones in such a tragedy but we are here today not to remember how they died, but we are here to remember how they lived," said survivor Heru Djatmiko, who lost his mother and nephew in the tragedy.
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