INDONESIA: EMOTIONAL DAY OF MEMORIAL SERVICES BRINGS TOGETHER FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF BALI BOMBINGS

Record ID: 648523

  • Title: INDONESIA: EMOTIONAL DAY OF MEMORIAL SERVICES BRINGS TOGETHER FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF BALI BOMBINGS
  • Date: 13th October 2003
  • Summary: (U2) GARUDA WISNU CULTURAL PARK, BALI, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 12, 2003) (REUTERS) FOR DETAILED SHOTLIST 1 - 14 SEE PROD 14522/03: 1. WIDE OF PODIUM WITH AUSTRALIAN AND INDONESIAN FLAG 2. HINDU STATUE 3. SLV AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JOHN HOWARD SPEAKING AT PODIUM 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JOHN HOWARD SAYING "We've also learnt that we in this part of the world must make common cause to fight the scourge of terrorism. The events of the last year have brought the people of Australia and the people of Indonesia closer together." 5. AUSTRALIAN POLICE AND ARMY OFFICERS LISTENING/WIPING EYES 6. WIDE OF AUDIENCE/CLOSE UP OF MAN CRYING 7. MAN WITH HEAD IN HANDS 8. WOMEN CRYING 9. MAN PRAYING 10. PHOTOGRAPHS OF VICTIMS FLOATING ON WATER 11. CANDLE 12. LITTLE GIRL LAYING FLOWER 12. WOMAN JOINING HANDS AND PRAYING 13. PEOPLE BY WATER POND 14. PHOTOS OF VICTIMS 1.37 (U4) KUTA BEACH, BALI, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 12, 2003) (REUTERS) 15. SLV LARGE CROWD ON BEACH 1.41 16. MV /SCU AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JOHN HOWARD TAKES HIS SEAT (2 SHOTS) 1.49 17. SLV PEOPLE WITH SURF BOARDS; SIGN SAYING "PADDLE FOR PEACE"; SCU WOMAN HOLDING FLOWERS; SCU CANDLE BURNING; SMV PEOPLE WITH SURF BOARDS; SCU PEOPLE HOLDING FLOWERS (6 SHOTS) 2.16 18. SLV PEOPLE CARRYING SURF BOARDS WITH FLOWER GARLANDS INTO THE SEA (4 SHOTS) 2.55 19. MV PEOPLE HOLDING CANDLES ON THE BEACH; SLV SURFERS OUT AT SEA; PEOPLE LIGHTING CANDLES ON THE BEACH (8 SHOTS) 3.33 20. SLV SURFERS AT SEA WITH SUN SETTING BEHIND HOLDING HANDS; SCU CANDLE BURNING ON BEACH (3 SHOTS) 3.53 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 28th October 2003 12:00
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  • Location: BALI, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVA8DPUP0Q7759SNH3EG6IJCHG79
  • Story Text: An emotional day of memorial services brings friends
    and families of the victims of the Bali bombings together.

    Heads bowed and weeping, Australian and other
    survivors of last year's bomb attacks on Bali island and
    their grieving relatives paid tribute on Sunday (October
    12) to the 202 people who died.

    Some 800 survivors and relatives attended the memorial
    service on a limestone escarpment overlooking Kuta Beach,
    where Muslim militants blew up two nightclubs one year ago.

    The majority of the mourners were from Australia, which
    lost 88 citizens in the worst act of terror since the
    September 11, 2001 strikes on the United States. In all, 22
    countries lost nationals.

    Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that the
    attacks had forged new bonds between the people of
    Indonesia and Australia.

    "We've also learnt that we in this part of the world
    must make common cause to fight the scourge of terrorism.

    The events of the last year have brought the people of
    Australia and the people of Indonesia closer together."
    Chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono vowed
    to fight terrorism and said Indonesia would never rest
    until it had caught all those behind the bombings. Around
    40 have been captured and 20 sentenced, including three to
    death.

    Indonesia has warned that Muslim militants were
    planning more attacks in the country and had built two
    bombs but insisted the mainly Hindu enclave of Bali was
    safe for the mourners.

    Police with automatic rifles and sniffer dogs have
    deployed.

    Jakarta has blamed the bombings on Jemaah Islamiah, the
    Southeast Asian militant group with links to al Qaeda. But
    according to security experts, it is only a matter of time
    before Jemaah Islamiah strikes again in Indonesia.

    In the cathedral-like atmosphere of the Garuda Wisnu
    Cultural Park about 20 minutes drive from Kuta and bordered
    by towering limestone blocks, Howard talked about the
    "terrible hatred" of the perpetrators and the need to fight
    terrorism.

    Giant copper and bronze statues of the Hindu God Wisnu
    and the Garuda bird, a symbol of freedom, provided the
    backdrop as Australian military chaplains presided over the
    open-air service. It also combined elements of Islam and
    Hinduism. Some Australian football players who lost
    friends in
    the attacks had the number 88 sewn into specially made
    jerseys. A few relatives clutched photos of loved ones.

    Other events will run during the day, finishing with a
    small Balinese ceremony at the bomb site at 11:08 p.m.

    (1508 GMT), the exact time that many fun-filled holidays on
    this lush island paradise were brought to a hellish end one
    year ago.

    For many, the emotion of returning has been raw.

    Many victims have been drawn to the site where the Sari
    Club once served as a beacon to hedonism but is now a
    shrine.

    After the memorial service Howard and other dignitaries
    laid wreaths at the spot watched by a large crowd.

    Dozens of wreathes have been laid there. Across the
    road, the names of the 202 dead have been recorded on a
    memorial.

    Indonesia is not making October 12 a day of
    remembrance, saying such events have been held.

    Indonesia lost 38 people, mainly Balinese, while 23
    Britons, nine Swedes and seven Americans died. The blasts
    also shattered the tourist industry in one of Asia's travel
    gems.

    As the sun was going down on hundreds gathered on Kuta
    beach and Australian Prime Minister John Howard joined the
    memorial on the beach and watched as surfers their boards
    garlanded with flowers took to the ocean in tribute to
    those who died.


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