The Australian ambassador and Indonesian officials attended the ceremony. The Indonesian chief of police, General Da'i Bachtiar said that the bombing was the "worst act of terror in Indonesia's history". Kuta Karnival is conducted to commemorate and give respect to the victims of human violence and show the world the true spirit of local community survival despite terrorism attacks. But for someone to have been involved in something of that nature, against innocent people [who] were just there on holidays and enjoying a good time, for them to just look like anyone else that I'd walk past in Bali, it was really challenging to deal with. On 14 October, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1438 condemning the attack as a threat to international peace and security. I'm trying to wave people forward and I didn't even know whether I was crawling in a safe direction. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. On the night of October 12, 2002, thousands of holiday makers from Australia were in Bali's Kuta nightclub district when bomb blasts went off, indiscriminately killing 200 innocent people. David Fyfe came close to losing his life in the Bali bombings and still carries major physical scars. Amanda Hooton October 1, 2022 A fourth accused, Ali Ghufron, the brother-in-law of Noordin Mohammed Top was sentenced to death on 1 October. Join the Business News community for the latest news headlines, straight to your inbox, twice daily. [My colleague] Mick [Keelty] was already in Bali. Ben Davis, early 20s (from Hobart) in Melbourne's St Vincents Hospital with burns to hands in a stable condition. Other Australian victims were honored in a video shown on the stadium's video screens before the game, with the attendees including Melbourne players Steven Febey and Steven Armstrong, who were both injured in the blast, and representatives from five Australian rules football clubs who lost players in the attacks were presented to the crowd. On 12 October 2005, a story in Australian broadcaster SBS's documentary series Dateline, called "Inside Indonesia's War on Terrorism", argued that the Indonesian military or police may have been involved in executing the attack. Doctors were forced to perform a life-saving, deep-to-the-bone fasciotomy (cutting connective body tissue) in his leg to ease pressure while he was unconscious in Bali. I kept calling out for help. [43] For burial, Mukhlas and Amrozi's bodies were flown by helicopter to Tenggulan, Lamongan, East Java, while Imam Samudra's body was flown to Serang, Banten, amid "welcome martyrs" banner displayed at the cemetery. So we were rotating people through there to upskill, but also to minimise the impact on the workforce. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can And then I thought 'ohshit, that looks like it's near the Sari Club.'. Despite a snapped Achilles tendon in his right leg, he managed to drag himself outside to the pavement before feeling the back of his legs and ending with hands pooled in blood. There were people bleeding everywhere, or people had their clothes blown off and they're trying to jump over walls to get out. contact the editor here. Every time I opened the wardrobe I would cry. Bali bombings: The 28 British victims of the bombers VIEW COMMENTS 11 October 2012 T wenty-eight Britons were killed during the Bali bombings on October 12, 2002: :: Timothy Arnold, 43, a. Companies, embassies, Non-Government Organizations, associations and even individuals come forth to get involved in the various events such as a Balinese dance competition presented by a surf-wear company, an environment exhibition presented by an embassy, a fun cycle presented by a group of individuals, a seminar presented by an association and a parade on the streets presented by an NGO. No-one would expect that hours later, about 11pm, abomb would explodeinside the popularPaddy's Irish Pub. But I can tell you at 25 years old, sitting three or four feet away from one of the Bali bombers there's a couple of them, but there was one at the time hearing them talk quite normally about their role in the investigation or their points on our design of the bomb and how we thought it had functioned was one of the most surreal things I've ever experienced. Mr Fyfe said he needed to understand what had happened to him. "It was going poisonous. At the urging of his fiancee Simone, Mr Fyfe recently began learning to surf using a carbon fibre leg. Two bombs went off in Jalan Legian shortly after 11pm. On 3 March 2005, Bashir was found not guilty of the charges surrounding the 2003 bombing, but guilty of conspiracy over the 2002 attacks in Bali. David Fyfe has over 20 years of experience across the energy and telecommunications industries. The specific charges against Bashir related to a series of church bombings on Christmas Eve in 2000, and to a plot to bomb United States and other Western interests in Singapore. I can still picture that day. "This is how I dealt with mine. The SCC also maintains a permanent memorial to the players it lost inside the club's main lounge. A bronze plaque lists the names of the 88 Australians who died in the bombings. I raced outside as did everyone who was in the club to see what was going on. Expect more that will further distress you. But keeping his path clear of any victims mentality has been the key to surging positively into his new lifes chapter. There was just bodies lying around on the ground People are staggering helping other people stagger out. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. [3] A further 209 people were injured. So it enables the translation of the global jihad to a local context. Two hundred and two people died in the Bali bombings. It was towards Jalan Legian but the inferno was that broad we thought it could have been our hotel [near Kuta Beach]. It is flanked by the national flags of the victims. THIOLINA:I had kept the piece of broken glass the doctor took out from my eye. The cabinets, each containing a potassium chlorate, aluminum powder, sulfur mixture with a TNT booster, was connected by 150 metres (490ft) of PETN-filled detonating cord. He said the support around him, including from fiancee Joanne Rowan, had been incredible. David Fyfe has over 20 years of experience across the energy and telecommunications industries. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. [29] He was also stated to have orchestrated numerous Jemaah Islamiyah-related incidents in the past and been one of the executives of said terrorist group.[30]. "I thought 'it's time to get yourself out of here'.". He is also now a long-serving board member for the Fiona Wood Foundation, giving it some crucial understanding from a former patient. Many of the injured were forced to be flown extreme distances to Darwin (1,800km or 1,100mi) and Perth (2,600km or 1,600mi) for specialist burn treatment. An audio-cassette purportedly carrying a recorded voice message from Osama bin Laden stated that the Bali bombings were in direct retaliation for support of the United States' War on Terror and Australia's role in the liberation of East Timor. So his family found a new way, In rare attack, polar bear kills mum, 1-year-old infant in remote Alaskan village, Farmer pleads for help to rehome dozens of chickens injured in WA bushfires, Gladstone Hospital secures emergency obstetrician but women still have to travel 100km for births, Heartbroken Nucoal investors find hope in long-running compensation fight, Some of the biggest names in snooker are charged over match-fixing scandal. And they were just interacting and sort of trying to joke around [in]the way most of the other Indonesians I had interacted with at that time [did]. (AAP/Facebook) David Ure had been in Bali for . Weve got a newsletter for everyone. Then 33, he was on an end-of-year soccer trip and standing on the edge of the dance floor at Paddys Bar in Kuta when the first of three bombs went off. DE HAART: I guess I was in a state of shock and this guy came up and he shoved a girl in my arms and said 'look after her' and he turned around and went back into the Sari Club. "I refused to use a wheelchair," he said. Angela Golotta, 19 (from Tea Tree Gully, was on holidays with her parents). Dr Vij Vijayasekaran, AM MBBS96 was an advanced trainee in plastic surgery and had recently completed a rotation in the Royal Perth Hospital burns unit when he travelled to Bali on holiday with his wife and fellow UWA graduate Dr Priya Thalayasingam, AM MBBS96, an advanced trainee in anaesthetics. And he said the tragedy spurred him on to lead a new life. Indonesian National Police had full jurisdiction over this matter. Join Facebook to connect with David Fyfe and others you may know. You will be killed just as you kill, and will be bombed just as you bomb. There would be no dwelling on the terrorists who had committed the atrocity. The Scot said: "My fiancee Simone urged me to give it a try. CSABI: It's like one of those large, six-foot gas cylinders blowing up right next to you, exploding. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to David Fyfe, Synergys head of commercial and its acting chief executive, succeeds Jason Waters, who took the helm of the Perth Mint last month. I knew I was in trouble and not in the ideal location to be in trouble. Twenty years since the Bali Bombings is a time of reflection for people in the WA community who were directly impacted by the horrific events of October 2002, including members of the UWA community. GREEN: It was fairly well-established pretty soon after the detonation itself, who the suspects were. We'd eaten at the nightclubs, near the famous Poppieslane, and then we walked along Kuta beach at sunset back to our hotel. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. A remembrance garden was constructed at the International School Ho Chi Minh City commemorating teachers from that school who were killed in the bombings. MCEWAN: Initially, you had people trying to identify loved ones. The attacks claimed the lives of 202 people, including 88 Australians and put some UWA Medical School graduates to the test. In 2005, two marble wall placards were unveiled at Hong Kong Football Club in memory of the members of the club who were killed in the bombings. NATHAN GREEN, a crime scene investigator with the AFP who was first based in Australia and then deployed to Bali after his honeymoon: There [were] two simultaneous investigations. Suddenly the lights went off. That I found, I think, at the time, difficult to deal with. They assisted in placing IV cannulas and IDCs, as well as offering emotional support, and began transferring patients out to the airport pending arrival of Australian Army medics on a Hercules plane. The whole nightclub was engulfed in flames. You see photos of people walking out, staggering outcarrying people. He has held executive roles in operations, commercial sales, asset management, and business development. Mr Fyfes right leg was amputated in the aftermath of the bombings in October 2002 that killed more than 200 people, including 88 Australians. All the other doctors had taken a break. [36], The Denpasar District Court, on 3 November, accepted a reprieve motion to reconsider the death sentences. Idris dialed the number of the Nokia to detonate the bomb at the Consulate. I just thought that that was going to be the end for me. So to see that sort of destruction was on another level. I had this massive hard thump in my chest and I was just knocked out instantly. We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. What that meant was that Muslims, who were involved in the combat in those two places, which included members of JI, could take that 1998 fatwa from Al-Qaeda, and say, 'this is happening in Indonesia too, Muslims from the Christian Zionist alliance are being killed by this larger group'. I told the family I'd be in touch and I [left]. I've never smelled that before. I told the psychologist everything. On October 12, 2002, terrorists struck in Bali. He reasoned it was a move in the wrong direction. I thought it was good to keep them as documents of the history of my life. On 24 October 2008, Bali officials announced that three men convicted of carrying out the bombings would be executed by firing squad in November 2008. If you need support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. (All interviews have been condensed and edited for clarity.). Blatantly lied to: Clarkes ex responds to cheating drama, McGowan to spruik WAs green hydrogen during Asian junket, Incompetence: War of words over gas bills. I saw two girls beside the road and said: 'Please look after this girl, I don't know who she is, but she obviously needs help'. He remembers seeing glass and rubble on the street. So you had your forensics, you had your investigators the list went on family liaison officers. "I got up on my first lesson, on the very last wave," he said. THIOLINA: Suddenly, I felt there was a really big hand taking me out of the car I'm not sure where I was taken out from, whether from the car's door or the window. I tried to open the car door on the left side, but I couldn't do it I kept trying. It's important to realise that neither of these were AFP jurisdiction. View the profiles of people named David Fyfe. Mr Fyfe recently returned to Bali for the first time since the bombings. [7], Damage to the densely populated residential and commercial district was immense, destroying neighbouring buildings and shattering windows several blocks away. A memorial to seven residents of Sutherland Shire who were victims is at Cronulla. Jemaah Islamiah was a splinter group of an old Indonesian insurgency that was committed to establishing an Islamic State in Indonesia. DE HAART: People wandering around, people in a state of shock. Mr Fyfe has no memory of any of it. "Everybody's situation is their situation," Mr Fyfe said. It was Fiona Wood who did it. In 2008, three men were executed for their role in the Bali bombings. I couldn't see anything, so I could only feel with my hands. The broad smile on Dave Fyfes face reflects the spirit which has helped him survive and then thrive after his brush with Bali terror. Aris Munandar (aka Sheik Aris) is a Jemaah Islamiyah associate linked to Bashir. CSABI: In Darwin, with the support of my family, also friends, rotarians, businesspeople, I was also challengedto show some courage and have a go. The company also provided significant financial support for RPH. By then, his leg had been amputated just below the knee by burns surgeon Fiona Wood, who was named Australian of the Year in 2005 for her work in caring for the Bali bombing survivors. Pastika kept Amrozi's arrest secret for two days. Now, I'm not trying to overdramatize thingsthis shows terrorism, as I said, will never beat courage. In 2006, Long Road to Heaven, an Indonesian feature film about the bombings, was released by Kalyana Shira Films. Then, according to people, I ran away from the site. And I turned around and followed him back into the Sari Club. I thought 'there's no way in the world I can get across this once, let alone go over and cross three times and carry a girl back each time'. I tried to get out but couldn't open the left door. This is his story. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. [3] A further 209 people were injured. Senior Constable Timothy Britten and Mr Richard Joyes of Western Australia were both awarded the Cross of Valour for their actions during the course of the day. Our community is particularly vulnerable to burns injury due to our landscape and the types of industry we operate," Professor Wood said. THIOLINA: After [being turned away from one hospital] an ambulance took me to the army hospital in Denpasar. The militant organisation is believed to have started planning the bombing some 10 months earlier after ordering a new strategy of hitting soft targets, such as nightclubs and bars. General Pastika ordered his men to make the arrest early the next morning, November. CSABI: I've gone unconscious a couple of times and I'm crawling and I remember girls next to me, they were just like flame trees, they're on fire. GREEN: This was an unprecedented event in any Australian law enforcement. On the fourth anniversary of the bombings Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall unveiled a memorial in London, at the rear of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Main Building, facing St. James's Park. Hundreds more people suffered horrific burns and other injuries. He was severely injured and received significant burns. I was covered in blood. A survivor of the Bali bombings 20 years ago has been tapped as the new boss of State-owned electricity retailer Synergy. Husband and wife Richard[16] and Gilana Poore,[17] who organized a makeshift triage area in the Bounty Hotel's reception area, were both honored with an OAM. Mr Fyfe is a non-executive director of the Fiona Wood Foundation, a 2002 Bali bombing survivor, and regularly speaks at events in Western Australia. A report by the United States-Indonesia Society describes the arrest of Amrozi and other suspects.[25]. Sometimes in life, the scars you have are a representation of some of the things youve gone through and Im very comfortable with my scarring. DE HAART: We were just getting ready to create havoc, when havoc was created for us. Following this decision, charges related to the bombings against Idris, who had confessed to participating in the attacks to the police and court, were dismissed. New guidelines from Canada say there's not, News of Bali bombmaker's sentence reduction 'kick in the guts' for survivors, Suspected Bali bombing mastermind set to walk free, but Australians worry what will happen next, Cheryl Watson survived the Bali bombings and breast cancer, and knew 'the fear' when she saw it, Man drowns at northern NSW beach while trying to save daughter, Government pledges to close child abuser superannuation loophole, 'I was hitting it so soft': Aussie wildcard reflects on 70-shot rally in Australian Open loss. Join us and Seek Wisdom. It was [an] obviously shocking series of events unfolding. The Australian, US, and many other foreign governments expressed satisfaction with the speed and efficiency with which the Indonesian police and courts dealt with the bombings primary suspects, despite what they characterized as light sentences. Her body has been returned to SA. The way that the device was put to the suspects, the way that we thought the device had been constructed, was almost perfect. The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. In April 2003, Indonesian authorities charged Abu Bakar Bashir (also rendered "Ba'asyir"), the alleged spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, with treason. He awoke from an induced coma in Royal Perth Hospital 13 days later. He has held executive roles in operations, commercial sales, asset management, and business development. That has not held him back; quite the contrary. The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. Mr Fyfe staggered outside. Get the news you want delivered to your inbox. Prior to joining Synergy in 2020 as its general manager, commercial, Mr Fyfe was with Western Power for more than 10 years where he was executive manager of operations and acting chief executive. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. Dr Pethick returned to the hospital 12 hours after the bomb exploded, together with Dr Martin Ibach MBBS '88, and another non-medical friend. Listen. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. They were given some instructions on how to mix the components of the explosive and they did the best they could, I guess. DEWA KETUT RUDITAWIDYA PUTRA (nickname Deci), Indonesian survivor:We werestuck [in acar] in atraffic jamand our position was right in front of the Sari Club's door. They smiled, they laughed, they were just normal people. He was initially not charged over the Bali attack, although he was frequently accused of being the instigator or inspirer of the attack. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. He had been tried under retroactive laws which were introduced after the bombing and which were employed to aid the prosecution of those involved in the attack. I don't know why you would expect them to look different from a normal human. He is believed to have assisted the Bali bomber Amrozi in acquiring some of the explosives used in the Bali bombings. I refer to him as my first angel of the night. After praying with the crowd, she spent half an hour in the house of the executed man and spoke with his mother. I choose not to live in the past, but to live in the now.. I met up with JodieCearns I didn't know she'd come back from Europe. I was back part-time, on crutches, in five months.". Ladies that organised the hospital because you know, a lot of the Indonesians couldn't speak English or couldn't speak any other languages I guess I'd probably love nothing better than to see some of these people recognised for the magnificent jobs that they did that night [and] the next day. I've got my life back. DECI: My family and friends didn't leave me and they would help me with my weaknesses, especially in the beginning, I really shut myself off from the world. * An injured person aboard an RAAF Hercules evacuation flight died en route to Darwin on Sunday night. I was quite young, I was 25 at the time. Ninety-four RDX electric detonators were fitted to the TNT. This week, for the first time, almost 10 years after he was blown up in Bali, Mr Fyfe has shared his incredible story of survival and recovery with _The West Australian _ and Channel 7. The attack killed 202 people (including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 23 Britons, and people of more than 20 other nationalities). The University of Western Australia and Fiona Wood Foundation are working together to attract $3 million to establish an endowed chair in burns injury research. (Reuters: David Gray PB)ALAN ATKINSON, former ABC journalist and one of the first reporters on the scene: It was Saturday . A permanent memorial was built on the site of the destroyed Paddy's Pub on Legian Street. Then this lady took my details, I just said 'I'm right, you can help someone else'. HP10 9TY. She has no interest in being famous. Clint Thompson Trent Thompson Were working to restore it. Two [other AFP] officers had arrived [that day] and Mick and I met with them in the early evening. The world-first technology, which allows healthy skin cells to be cultured and sprayed on to wounds, greatly reduced permanent scarring in burns victims. Then I was out. When he woke from an induced coma in Royal Perth Hospital 13 days later, the nurses told him, his right leg had been amputated just below the knee. When Matthew died suddenly, there were only old photos to remember him. "For me it was an easy way out. About 103 Australians remain unaccounted for including: Debbie Borgia, 45 and daughter Abbey, 13 (from Tempe), Steve Buchan, 47 and his wife Geraldine, 46 (from Chifley), Paul Cronin, 31 (from the Forbes Platypii rugby union club), Billy Hardy, 20 (from Tweed Heads, member of Southport Sharks football team and brother of Big Brother housemate Jessica), Dimmy Kotronakis, 27 and sister Elizabeth, 33 (from Blacktown), Lynette McKeon, 46 and her daughter Marissa, 14 (from Kincumber), Brad Ridley, 32 (from the Forbes Platypii), Greg Sanderson, 24 (from the Forbes Platypii), Charles Van Renen, 26 (Sydney, lived in Hong Kong), Shane Walsh-Till, 32 (from Leeton in the Riverina), Six officials and family involved in the South Sydney Juniors Rugby League Club, Stacey Lee, 30, her husband Justin Lee, 31 and Aaron Lee, 33 (all from Geelong), Matthew Bolwerk, 27 (from Secret Harbour, south of Perth), Jenny and Jane Corteen, 39 (twins from Perth), Dean Gallagher, 19 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Byron Hancock, 22 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Nicole Harrison, 29 (from Mandurah, south of Perth), Gary Nash (from Perth) in Royal Brisbane Hospital, David Ross, 20 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Anthony Stewart, 29 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Jason Stokes, 31 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Jonathon Wade, 21 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club). I gave him my mum's number. That was when a van in the street containing the second bomb is believed to have gone off outside the Sari Club. He is passionate about the research that the Foundation undertakes. So very early, I decided that I wasn't going to entertain those ideas of a lot of revenge [and] hatred. The two bombsgutted nearbybuildings, engulfing the street in flamesand leaving a 1-metre-deep crater in front of the Sari Club. Imron and Idris dropped the motorbike at a place where it eventually attracted the attention of the caretaker. I wasn't looking at who they were, I just saw human beings that needed help. These laws were used by the prosecution instead of existing criminal laws as they allowed the death penalty to be imposed and lowered certain evidentiary restrictions. So I guess it was a vindication of the investigation and the intelligence effort that had gone in that far into the investigation that we've actually got it right. 19m. West Australian Newspapers Limited 2023. We were very keen to observe the area surrounding the scene, at some distance, because the way explosives work, they have a very characteristic signature of damage. Hence, why we saw such a big fireball, such a big incendiary effect and why there was just such a horrendous type of injury. And they [applied tourniquets] I'd looked down at [my] leg and I looked at my foot. So emergency service and vehicles couldn't enter that area. All of my subsequent deployments were on the disaster victim identification side. We are lucky at The Herald. One Melburnian survivor of the bombings was North Melbourne AFL player Jason McCartney. But I'm getting my life back. Reveal sub navigation . There were a lot of people on the street. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. Patek is a suspect in other bombings as well as the one in Bali. 'It's just gouging': Are property investors the solution to Australia's rental crisis? A Seconds from Disaster episode, "Bali Bombings", was a documentary telling the story of what happened, and looking at what happened after the incident. "I remember sitting down and lying back and feeling my legs. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. And thank god, it was true, I felt healthier. David Fyfe, Synergy's head of commercial and its acting chief executive, succeeds Jason Waters, who took the helm of the Perth Mint last month. Mr Fyfe, 33, said: "I'm at the stage where my prosthetic leg will crack before I do.". Once we entered [the] street, the traffic was really jammed from the start, so the car was moving very slowly. I never did any interviews with journalists, Inever wanted to. [At some point] I said 'I need some tourniquets, I'm bleeding out here'. Doctor Billy McNeil stood up for 72 hours and just helped people try and look after their wounds, try and keep them alive. [5], On 9 November 2008, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Huda bin Abdul Haq were executed by firing squad on the island prison of Nusakambangan. And as soon as she (Professor Wood) walked into the room, I felt better. The second factor that inspired the Bali bombing, which is also critical, is the communal violence that erupted in Indonesia, in Ambon in the Moluccas, and in Poso in central Sulawesi, in 1999 and 2000, where there was Christian, Muslim fighting, and Muslims were dying at Christian hands. There are 88 jets in the fountain; at night, there are lights representing all those who died. And, on the right-hand side, Paddy's Bar was in flames. Local chief prosecutor Muhammad Yamin said they would be "executed simultaneously" but at different locations.[40]. Now, I'm about 120 kilos. Many foreign tourists were chatting. You're in Bali, you don't think it's going to be a terrorist or even a bomb. Idris then rode the motorbike as Imron drove two suicide bombers in the Mitsubishi to the nightclub district in Kuta. [28] The U.S. government had offered a US$1million reward for his arrest. There were so many people injured by the explosion that some of the injured had to be placed in hotel pools near the explosion site to ease the pain of their burns. Kusitino 'Kossy' Halemai, a Wallis and Futuna-born Australian citizen who was managing the Bounty Hotel in Kuta at the time of the attacks, sheltered survivors in the immediate aftermath of the blasts. So we believe, and I still hold that, of the 1,000 or so kilograms of explosives [used], around 500kg or thereabouts, actually detonated. The doctors suspected I would be off work for 12 months. I got on with it. In Lincoln Square on the western side of Swanston Street in Carlton, Melbourne, is a memorial representing the 88 Australians who died in the bombings, and notably the 22 from Victoria. But we were running concurrently, what was effectively a murder investigation [of] a terrorist bombing that killed 202 people, including the 88 Australians [and] at the same time, we were running a disaster victim identification [investigation of] those 202 people. Another participant in the bombing, Imam Samudra, was sentenced to death on 10 September. THIOLINA: Suddenly, I met somebody who led me to his car, I don't know who this person is [but] he told me to get in the car He asked who my name was in English. There will always be small, independent cellssome of whom are not particularly well informed that continue to believe that they have a mission. ATKINSON: [At the hospital] I asked who was in charge and the doctor came forward with a huge clipboard, who'd been up all night and was white with tirednessHe showed me the names many Australian names and addresses. Eddie McGuire on Nine Network's television call of McCartney's return after the bombings (North Melbourne vs. Richmond, Round 11, 2003)[49]. The bombings were an act of terrorism carried out by operatives from Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a South-East Asian group inspired by and linked to Al Qaeda. David Fyfe is linked to 15 organisations which are included in 3 lists - Charitable Organisations, Utilities and Public Infrastructure and State Government Businesses. On 30 April 2003, the first charges related to the Bali bombings were made against Amrozi bin Haji Nurhasyim, known as Amrozi, for allegedly buying the explosives and the van used in the bombings. There is talk about a fifth COVID vaccine, but how many should I already have and who is eligible? And that kind of galvanised me. Get notifications in MyBN when activity occurs. The investigators were thus able to recreate the bombers activities. Once I was inside I had to wait still because it was still crowded. ERIK DE HAART, Australia survivor and member of the Coogee Dolphinsrugby league club: I was sharing a room with Shane Foley and Gerard Yeo and we got [to the hotel] about 4pm. "I just had one day at home, when I was sitting on my couch. The Balinese mark their commitment in a nine-day-long event. Its not enough to just heal the skin, we need to heal the whole body and mind. I turned around the corner. In Perth, David Fyfe surfs with a prosthetic leg. SIDNEY JONES, an expert onsecurity in South-East Asia and founder and senior adviser to the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict: I think [the people behind the attacks] hoped to literally cause fear. According to Greg Barton's account, Amrozi did not attempt to escape, but laughed instead, later exclaiming, "Gosh, you guys are very clever, how did you find me?" "I'm still trying to determine whether I walked out into the second blast," Mr Fyfe said. It's a night those who survived will never forget, Jacinda Ardern has announced she will not be seeking re-election and her term as New Zealand's prime minister will end February 7, Keep up with the latest ASX and business news, For the latestflood and weather warnings, search onABC Emergency, Keep across all the live scores and results from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. The Mitsubishi L300 van bomb was initially thought to have consisted of C4, a military grade plastic explosive which is difficult to obtain. leader and business. There were people the person in a van and a person [who] carried the device in Paddys Bar wearing the item. He denied self-pity when it came knocking after the doctors at Royal Perth Hospital told him he had burns to more than 50 per cent of his body and had received extensive skin grafts. I just knew I was in trouble. Mr Fyfe has nothing but praise for those who helped him; the doctors, nurses, and the prosthetic expert who fitted him with a new leg. She . Perth WA 6009 Australia. Serious but stable condition. Indonesian authorities also believe more suspects remain at large. The execution caused high tension and sparked clashes in Tenggulan between hundreds of police and supporters. The Pentagon has announced plans to move ahead with a military trial for three men held at Guantnamo Bay who are suspected of involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings.. After an unexplained delay . But ultimately, it perhaps wasn't as good as it could have been. Currently Executive Manager Asset Operations with Western Australian utility Western Power, Mr Fyfe . Under questioning Amrozi revealed the names of six others involved in the bombing: Ali Imron, Imam Samudra, Dul Matin, Idris, Abdul Ghani and Umar Patek. The memorial is made of intricately carved stone, set with a large marble plaque, which bears the names and nationalities of each of those killed. Christine Anu sang The Lighthouse by toxtwo at the opening ceremony. Amrozi was asleep in the rear of the house. We plan on paying our respects on the day and then well have a good time, he said. [5] However, former FBI agent Ali Soufan confirmed in his book, The Black Banners, that al-Qaeda did in fact finance the attack. Picture exactly where I was standing in the prison courtyard, the table where the bombers were. A lot of the state jurisdictions have experience in smaller disaster victim identification investigations, but no-one had ever done anything of this sort of scale. It was very colourful and noisy and warm in Kuta. Bali bombing survivor Dave Fyfe while in a coma at Royal Perth Hospital. The previous year, they had been to Phuket. Reuters:Darren Whiteside DW/JS/File photo, Aviation industry awaits answers why Qantas issued 'unusual' mayday alert, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern says she will not seek re-election, Teenage boys charged over alleged Tara shooting to face court today, Are the climate wars really over? Data & Insights is Western Australia's most accurate and comprehensive business listings and searchable database. Synergy chief executive David Fyfe survived the Bali bombings 20 years ago and says the incident has since impacted his role as a leader. [First] the 1998 fatwa from Al-Qaeda, which itself might have inspired the 9/11 attacks, but which called on all Muslims to attack the Christian Zionist alliance, wherever and however they could. My mum couldn't believe I was there that night. On 2 September, Bashir was acquitted of treason but convicted of lesser charges and sentenced to a prison term of four years. Many severely injured Australians did survive, due to early interventions, but not everyone made it and Dr Pethick had a critical role in speaking with their families at that dark time. The legal status of Kadir, Idris and others who might have their convictions quashed following the ruling on the retrospective law is unclear. There were many acts of individual heroism. CRICOS: 00126G | PRV12169 But trying to explain [the inability to positively identify someone] to a victim's family, who are just caught up in the whole emotion, which you can fully understand, it was quite a task. It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse. Editors' Code of Practice. The investigators were able to identify the location of a number of the telephones, leading to a series of arrests. So I did take that on board. Welcome back indeed, Jason McCartney, an inspiration to all. We're talking not a short amount of time after the blast. The most powerful knowledgebase mapped from 20 years of research and insight into every WA THIOLINA F MARAPAUNG,Indonesian survivor andhead of the Bali Bombing Victims' Association, Isana Dewata Foundation: My two friends suggested [we] drive past [Jalan] Legian because it was Saturday night [and we wanted] to check out how Kuta was during night time. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. An annual twilight service is held at the site of the memorial on each anniversary of the Bali bombings. A comparatively small bomb detonated outside the U.S. consulate in Denpasar, which is thought to have exploded shortly before the two Kuta bombs, caused minor injuries to one person and property damage was minimal. Two bombs ripped through the Kuta area of the Indonesian tourist island of Bali on 12 October 2002, leaving 202 people dead. JONES:[The terrorists]were more inspired by two things [in the Bali bombing attack]. On 9 March 2010, Dulmatin, nicknamed "the Genius"believed to be responsible for setting off one of the Bali bombs with a mobile phonewas killed in a shoot-out with Indonesian police in Pamulang, South Tangerang.[6]. It was then he discovered his right leg had been removed from below the knee, that he had burns to 50 per cent of his body, and he had many shrapnel wounds. [37][38] Fahmi Bachmid, a lawyer for the family of Jafar Sodiq, a brother of Amrozi and Mukhlas, stated: "We lodged the judicial review to Denpasar court to question (previous) decisions." Indonesian investigators were able to print out a list of calls he had made immediately before, during and after the bombing, as well as the names and telephone numbers in the phone's memory. She basically turned around and took my leg off.". Ihad some counselling sessions up there and it did make sensethat what had happened to me was a tragic thing, but it's something that I could rebuild on. I do not know for sure the source of the aforementioned money from Hambali; most probably it was from Afghanistan, that is, from Sheikh Usama bin Laden. [For example], a very high-power, say, military explosive or a lower-gradecommercial explosive or a homemade explosive. But the Attorney General's office said on 1 November the execution was "very close. Two decades on, Fiona Wood is still exploring revolutionary burns treatments - including the role of the mind in recovery. There was nobody else there, and it was at that moment I thought 'right, deal with it'.". The environment was one of extremely limited equipment and resources but enormous human spirit. So I dragged myself out knowing I had to get to work. On 12 October 2010, Australian and Indonesian survivors of the 2002 bombings attended a solemn commemoration service to mark the eighth anniversary of the devastating attacks.[48]. CSABI: I remember being put in the back of a ute and I'd been on a sheet of iron. First aid and burn innovations that saved lives during the Bali bombings. 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