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The 2002 BaliBombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people and injuring a further 209.
A number of Indonesians were sentenced to death for their parts in the bombings and in October 2002 Abu Bakar Bashir, a leader of the Jemaah Islamiah organisation often accused of being behind the attacks, was charged over his alleged role in the bombing.
The Balibombing is sometimes called "Australia's September 11" because of the large number of its citizens killed in the attack.
A survivor of the Balibombings today said he was not surprised that a self-confessed bomber had escaped jail for his part in the devastating attack.
One of the last of the major Balibomb plotters was sentenced yesterday to life in jail for his role in the terrorist attack which claimed the lives of 202 people.
The leader of the gang that planned the Bali attacks, Mukhlas, yesterday became the third terrorist in Indonesia to be sentenced to death for inspiring his disciples to slaughter Westerners to avenge the oppression of Muslims.
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