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The 2002 Bali bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that occurred on 12 October 2002, in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attacks killed 202 people (including 88 Australians , 38 Indonesians , 23 Britons , and people of more than 20 other nationalities) and a further 209 people were injured.
Kuta is a tourist area, administratively an urban village (kelurahan), and the capital of Kuta District, Badung Regency, southern Bali, Indonesia. Kuta is a part of the Denpasar metropolitan area, 12 km (7.5 mi) south of downtown Denpasar.
In March 2010, the Bali Peace Park Project was included in Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's foreign affairs brief for his meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Canberra. During this time, representatives from the Bali Peace Park Association also met with Governor Made Mangku Pastika , who was accompanying the ...
Bali bombings can refer to either of two separate incidents on the Indonesian island of Bali: The 2002 Bali bombings , 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta The 2005 Bali bombings , 1 October 2005 in Jimbaran Beach Resort and Kuta
The 2005 Bali bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that occurred on 1 October 2005 in Bali, Indonesia. Bombs were detonated at two sites in Jimbaran Beach resort and in Kuta 30 km (19 mi) away, both in south Bali. The attacks claimed the lives of 20 people and injured more than 100 others.
Myuran Sukumaran (17 April 1981 – 29 April 2015) was an Australian who was convicted in Indonesia of drug trafficking as a member of the Bali Nine. In 2005, Sukumaran was arrested in a room at the Melasti Hotel in Kuta, Bali with eight others. Police found 334 g (11.8 oz) of heroin in a suitcase in the room.
Legian Road or Jalan Legian is the main street that runs north–south from Kuta to Seminyak on the island of Bali in Indonesia. [1] Legian Road contains a variety of shops, bars, hotels and dance clubs. Its proximity to the beach and its prominent night life make it host to thousands of tourists.
The memorial is located at Clive Steps, near the King Charles Street entrance of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office building, and faces St. James's Park. A site near the Foreign Office was requested by the United Kingdom Bali Bombings Victims' Group, as a reminder to the British government of its failure to give adequate warning of the ...