Abdul Aziz Imam Samudra
Encyclopedia
Imam Samudra (14 January 1970 in Serang
, Banten
(then part of West Java
province) – 9 November 2008 in Nusakambangan, Central Java
) was an Indonesia
n convicted for the 2002 Bali bombing
and was executed on 9 November 2008.
On 7 August 2003, he was found guilty for his role in the Bali bombing and sentenced to death by firing squad
. Originally incarcerated in Denpasar
's prison, he was moved to the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan.
Together with the two other bombers who received death sentences, he launched a constitutional challenge against the use of firing squads. Samudra and the two other bombers preferred beheading, saying that it was a more Islamic form of execution. In October 2008 he remained unrepentant and claimed revenge would be taken for his death.
During the month, his final appeals were rejected and the Attorney General's office announced that he would be executed by firing squad in early November 2008. According to a source in Indonesia's Attorney General Office, the execution was to be done before the end of Sunday, 9 November 2008. This was reportedly delayed from the original plan to allow a representative from the family to identify the body post-execution. However, no representative from Samudra's family were in attendance.
Samudra, along with Amrozi bin Nurhasyim
and Ali Ghufron were shot at 00:15 local time
on 9 November 2008. They were executed by firing squad.
From his cell, he wrote an auto-biography in Indonesian titled I Fight Terrorists (Aku Melawan Teroris in original), where the "terrorists" are the Americans. It went on sale for $3, on a run of 5000 copies. In 2004, CNN
described the book as a "bestseller in Indonesia".
Serang
Serang is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. The administrative center of the regency and the capital of the province is the independent municipality of Serang...
, Banten
Banten
Banten is a province of Indonesia in Java. Formerly part of the Province of West Java, it was made a separate province in 2000.The administrative center is Serang. Preliminary results from the 2010 census counted some 10.6 million people.-Geography:...
(then part of West Java
West Java
West Java , with a population of over 43 million, is the most populous and most densely populated province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, it is slightly smaller in area than densely populated Taiwan, but with nearly double the population...
province) – 9 November 2008 in Nusakambangan, Central Java
Central Java
Central Java is a province of Indonesia. The administrative capital is Semarang. It is one of six provinces on the island of Java.This province is the province of high Human Development in Indonesia and its Points Development Index countries is equivalent to Lebanon. The province of Central Java...
) was an Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n convicted for the 2002 Bali bombing
2002 Bali bombing
The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was claimed as the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia according to the current police general, killing 202 people,...
and was executed on 9 November 2008.
On 7 August 2003, he was found guilty for his role in the Bali bombing and sentenced to death by firing squad
Execution by firing squad
Execution by firing squad, sometimes called fusillading , is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war.Execution by shooting is a fairly old practice...
. Originally incarcerated in Denpasar
Denpasar
Denpasar is the capital city of the province of Bali, Indonesia. It has a rapidly expanding population of 788,445 in 2010, up from 533,252 in the previous decade. It is located at .-History:...
's prison, he was moved to the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan.
Together with the two other bombers who received death sentences, he launched a constitutional challenge against the use of firing squads. Samudra and the two other bombers preferred beheading, saying that it was a more Islamic form of execution. In October 2008 he remained unrepentant and claimed revenge would be taken for his death.
During the month, his final appeals were rejected and the Attorney General's office announced that he would be executed by firing squad in early November 2008. According to a source in Indonesia's Attorney General Office, the execution was to be done before the end of Sunday, 9 November 2008. This was reportedly delayed from the original plan to allow a representative from the family to identify the body post-execution. However, no representative from Samudra's family were in attendance.
Samudra, along with Amrozi bin Nurhasyim
Amrozi bin Nurhasyim
Ali Amrozi bin Haji Nurhasyim was an Indonesian executed for his part in the 2002 Bali bombings.-Early life:...
and Ali Ghufron were shot at 00:15 local time
UTC+7
UTC+07:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +07:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .Also known as Indochina Time , it is used in:-As standard time :*Australia...
on 9 November 2008. They were executed by firing squad.
From his cell, he wrote an auto-biography in Indonesian titled I Fight Terrorists (Aku Melawan Teroris in original), where the "terrorists" are the Americans. It went on sale for $3, on a run of 5000 copies. In 2004, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
described the book as a "bestseller in Indonesia".
External links
- Police to quiz Bali 'mastermind' BBC News 25 November, 2002
- The Bali bomb 'commander' BBC News 2 June, 2003
- Indonesian jailed over Bali plot at BBC NewsBBC NewsBBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
- Death row bomber plotted new attack on smuggled laptop