Bali bombings

Umar Patek, the bomb maker who assembled the explosives used in the Bali terror attacks, is set to walk fre...

The move is a major blow to victims of the blasts and their families, as they prepare to commemorate the anniversary and remember the 88 Australians killed on October 12, 2002. It took until 2012 for the man dubbed "demolition man" to be tracked down, arrested and sentenced to 20 years behind bars. Umar Patek, 52, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in

Umar Patek, the bomb maker who helped assemble the devices used in the 2002 bombing in Bali, could walk free early from prison this year.

They did have such dreadful results for Australian families that are ongoing, the trauma which is there,” he said. “He was responsible for death and destruction on a major scale. The court in Jakarta sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Patek admitted he helped make the bombs, but said he did not know how they would be used. The US offered a $1m reward for information leading to Patek’s arrest. Patek gained the remissions as he declared his obedience to Indonesia.

A bombmaker who helped assemble the explosives that killed 202 people - including 88 Australians - in the Bali bombings will walk free from jail early.

A bombmaker who helped assemble the explosives that killed 202 people - including 88 Australians - in the Bali bombings will walk free from jail early.

The man who built the bomb which killed 202 people — including 88 Australians — when it obliterated a Bali nightclub is set to walk free from prison within ...

Then in 2011 he was jailed for 15 years for his links to militant training camps. His expertise with explosives saw him dubbed “Demolition Man” while he was on the run. Because the roots are still there.” They included the Kingsley Football Club in northern Perth, who lost seven players in the blast. The five-month clemency brings his release date from January to August. It can be anywhere in any region or country.

The man who helped create the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people including 88 Australians is set to be released after serving ...

The court found Patek guilty of murder and bomb making in relation to the Bali bombings in 2002 but he was spared of the death penalty because he had co-operated with investigators and apologised to the victims’ families. This is awful timing.” Patek was a senior member of Jemaah Islamiyah, the Indonesian militant group which was connected to al-Qaeda, and was one of the last Bali terrorists arrested after he had a $US1 million bounty placed on his head. “I know this continues representations that were made by the former government as well when the initial reductions in the sentence were given to this person who I think is abhorrent his actions were the actions of a terrorist,” he told the Today show. 25+ news channels in 1 place. Umar Patek served just half of his 20-year sentence for helping create the explosives used in the Bali bombings after the authorities determined he “behaved very well” in prison.

"Would you sit next to a person that's killed 202 people, 88 Australians in Bali?" That's the question asked by Bali bombing survivor Jan Laczynski this ...

They did have such dreadful results for Australian families that are ongoing, the trauma which is there." "It's a common thing. He is going to have his life back. "This guy is going to walk out. "Wherever he steps, wherever he goes, he should not be going out unsupervised with the knowledge that he has with explosives and chemicals." He lost five friends in the attack.

One of the men responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings is due to be released on parole after serving half of his 20-year prison sentence.

“I say that knowing the extent of the bereavement and the suffering of some Australians.” “The law of Indonesia prevails in these cases, not the law of Australia.” Mr Carr said a “quiet expression of disappointment, expressed behind the scenes, is the sort of response I would strongly advise”.

Accused of being an expert bombmaker for a South-East Asian terror network, Umar Patek was dubbed the "Demolition Man" by local media during his trial.

We'll continue to conduct that diplomatic action in Australia's national interest." In January, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison on a string to terror charges, but was unable to be tried in relation to the Bali bombings because the statue of limitations had expired. [He was spared the death penalty](/news/2012-05-21/prosecutors-recommended-life-sentence-for-umar-patek/4024204) because he cooperated with investigators and and apologised to the victims' families, eventually being [sentenced to 20 years in prison.](/news/2012-06-21/umar-patek-guilty-of-bali-bombing-mass-murder/4084710) [spoke of Patek's success in the program](/news/2015-11-28/former-terrorist-warns-australia-is-ticking-time-bomb/6982382). On top of his conviction over the Bali bombings, he was also found guilty of weapons and conspiracy charges over a terrorist training camp in Aceh in 2009, and for mixing explosives for a series of Christmas Eve attacks on churches in 2000. Umar Patek — who was jailed for 20 years over his role in the 2002 Bali bombings — has been given a further five-month reduction to his sentence as part of Indonesia's Independence Day celebrations.

"This will cause further distress to Australians who were the families of victims of the Bali bombings," Albanese told Channel 9. "We lost 88 Australian lives ...

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Survivors of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people, including 88 Australians, have spoken out about their distress over news terrorist ...

"My thoughts this morning are with the families of the victims of the Bali bombings." "And that of course will add to the distress that Australians are feeling." "We have been advised that there has been a further reduction in the sentence for this person of some five months," he said. He said the timing of the court's decision was insensitive, calling the order a "joke." A survivor of the 2002 Bali bombings says the decision to cut the sentence of the bombmaker responsible for the terror attack was a "kick in the guts" for the families of victims. He said in recent years he had tried to distance himself from the judicial processes of those responsible for the attacks, for the sake of his mental health.

Indonesian militant Umar Patek was sentenced to 20 years in jail in 2012 for his role in the suicide bombings that killed 202 people including 88 ...

[Chris Barrett](/by/chris-barrett-hveam)is the south-east Asia correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Connect via He was found guilty of murder and bomb making in a Jakarta court. At the time, then prime minister Scott Morrison said Bashir’s release was “very distressing for victims”. Five of his friends died in the attack. “He’s no longer an intolerant person anymore.” “It was a ghastly crime and it’s ghastly that this is happening as we approach the 20th anniversary.