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. My left arm was stuck in the car's door. That hand took me out and put me down. Mr Fyfe, now the chief executive of Synergy, was just metres from the suicide bomber who detonated his bomb inside Paddys Bar at the start of the 2002 Bali attack. That man took me to a hospital in Kuta. One was detonated by a suicide bomber inside Paddy's Bar and seconds later, another bomb was set off in a car outside the Sari Club. The door on the driver's seat was open, so I got out from there. DECI: When I woke up my position was under the car's dashboard. 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. A survivor of the Bali bombings 20 years ago has been tapped as the new boss of State-owned electricity retailer Synergy. They were moved to isolation cells, and execution spots were ready on the Nusakambangan island prison where they were being held. GREEN: This was the largest bombing I've ever attended, even today It was huge. Laura Shuttleworth has married. 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. "I do remember picking myself up," he said. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories. I've never smelled that before. The Scot said: "My fiancee Simone urged me to give it a try. Then I was on a stretcher on a tarmac there in Denpasar, and we're on a Hercules jet bound for Darwin. I was informed that might have been six or seven [minutes] after the blast. Quite a few people had got out. We need to be prepared for smaller scale accidents as well as the next disaster. He reasoned it was a move in the wrong direction. Amrozi's mobile phone, a particularly important piece of evidence, was seized during his arrest. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Police found receipts for the purchase of chemicals used to make the bombs, as well as a list of expenses incurred in making the bombs. Police also uncovered training manuals on ambush techniques and numerous articles on jihad. 12:04pm Oct 12, 2017. 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. The pair had been in the Sari Club, which was wrecked by the bigger secondary blast, just two drinks earlier. The two suicide bombers exploded their devices. He stopped near the Sari Club, instructed one suicide bomber to put on his explosives vest and the other to arm the vehicle bomb. Bali bombing survivor Dave Fyfe while in a coma at Royal Perth Hospital. It's confronting. One of the big reasons he needed to get well fast, he said, was because of his then four-year-old son, Liam. But ultimately, it perhaps wasn't as good as it could have been. Albany Advertiser (incl. They were friendly, approachable, people. 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]. GREEN: On my first rotation over there, I was assisting on the criminal side of the investigation. A Zero Hour documentary depicts the disaster.[61]. The attack involved the detonation of three bombs: a backpack-mounted device carried by a suicide bomber; a large car bomb, both of which were detonated in or near popular nightclubs in Kuta; and a third much smaller device detonated outside the United States consulate in Denpasar, causing only minor damage. But I still remember what struck me is they were just so normal. Munandar is still at large. The remainder of the explosive material, in my opinion, definitely degraded violently. 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]. CSABI: It's like one of those large, six-foot gas cylinders blowing up right next to you, exploding. He was initially not charged over the Bali attack, although he was frequently accused of being the instigator or inspirer of the attack. After praying with the crowd, she spent half an hour in the house of the executed man and spoke with his mother. People [were] staggering out of that. Two bombs ripped through the Kuta area of the Indonesian tourist island of Bali on 12 October 2002, leaving 202 people dead. Its not enough to just heal the skin, we need to heal the whole body and mind. In 2005, Indonesian police arrested 24 additional people suspected of involvement in the Bali attacks and a 2003 bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta. "I got blown off my feet," he said. (A new bar, named "Paddy's: Reloaded", was reopened further along Legian Street). Locals and foreigners including many Australians waded through the main street of Jalan Legian, leaving crowded restaurants and pouring into bustling bars. It was alleged that he tried to overthrow the government and establish an Islamic state. 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. "I remember sitting down and lying back and feeling my legs. 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. I just knew I was in trouble. But I'm getting my life back. So I did take that on board. THIOLINA: I'm not sure how long I [was] passed out. Join Facebook to connect with David Fyfe and others you may know. The boys were a matter of only five minutes away from the site when the bombs went off, but lifes full of sliding door moments.. The book, Ketika Nurani Bicara (When Conscience Speaks), tells about the bombing from the perspective of three people: a volunteer who helped evacuate a bombing victim who lost her husband in the blast; a victim who struggled to raise her children without her husband; and a terrorist who regrets his involvement in the bombing.[60]. [46] Ma'ruf Amin, deputy chairman of the Indonesian Ulemas Council, the chief body for Islamic clerics in Indonesia said of the men: "They did not die a holy death. However, investigators discovered the bomb was made from potassium chlorate, aluminium powder, and sulfur. Another operative, Wan Min bin Wan Mat, revealed to police that he had given Mukhlas money, at Hambali's request and that he understood part of the money had come directly from al-Qaeda. When she set up the foundation, she named it after one of her old mentors. Local chief prosecutor Muhammad Yamin said they would be "executed simultaneously" but at different locations.[40]. He also confessed that a fellow leader Riduan Isamuddin, known as Hambali, had provided the funds for the attacks. There was only two of us in the pub, which was kind of unheard of on a Saturday night. Two of Clint and Trent's brothers, Brock and Ryan, and their sister Farrah, are accompanying them. 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. So to see that sort of destruction was on another level. I looked at them and I think 'well, I've got to walk across this roof, about 20 feet of thatched roof, in flames'. David Fyfe was featured in 2022 in the Energy section. I never did any interviews with journalists, Inever wanted to. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. The most powerful knowledgebase mapped from 20 years of research and insight into every WA Personally, I was angry that these people that we were talking to were the alleged perpetrators of this terrible, terrible crime. It is set in a black granite pond located in 'Peryman Place' not far from North Cronulla Beach, frequented by many of the seven victims and their families. Dr Pethick helped transfer them to the nearest clinic and then onto the local hospital. The Indonesian chief of police, General Da'i Bachtiar said that the bombing was the "worst act of terror in Indonesia's history". On 23 July 2004, one of the convicted bombers, Maskur Abdul Kadir, successfully appealed his conviction. After compiling evidence on the design of the bombs, a group of AFP investigators were sent to Kerobokan prison to interview one of the bomb makersabout its construction. Doctor Billy McNeil stood up for 72 hours and just helped people try and look after their wounds, try and keep them alive. 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. Imron used the motorbike to plant the small bomb outside the U.S. Consulate. Mr Fyfe staggered outside. 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. There would be no dwelling on the terrorists who had committed the atrocity. Three terrorists were executed. He said he would appeal. In this oral history, we hear from Australian and Balinese survivors,former and current Australian Federal Police officers, a journalist and a terrorism expert. Vij triaged patients according to the severity of their injuries to prioritize their transfer. 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. Register or login now and receive unlimited access to our award-winning, unbiased and trusted It was a typical Saturday nightin Bali and the Kuta Beach tourist strip was heaving with people. The environment was one of extremely limited equipment and resources but enormous human spirit. The community event consists of traditional art performances such as Balinese Sunset Dances, sports on the beach as well as in the water for young and old plus rows and rows of culinary displays along the one kilometre of sandy beach. When the Australian Federal Policed arrived in Bali just days after the 2002 bombings took the lives of . Suddenly the lights went off. Angela Golotta, 19 (from Tea Tree Gully, was on holidays with her parents). Secondary charges in this indictment accused him of involvement in the Bali bombing, the first time he faced charges in relation to this attack. The broad smile on Dave Fyfes face reflects the spirit which has helped him survive and then thrive after his brush with Bali terror. David Fyfe didn't cry when the nurses told him they had amputated his right leg. 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. MCEWAN: Over time, we had different police disciplines [in Bali]. Now 43, he exercises fanatically, and can leg press 120kg. A granite cube serves as a memorial in the Eastern Formal Gardens of Parliament House. It's quite a challenging thing to do. In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. I remember waking up 12 days after Bali no idea what had happened, Mr Fyfe said. 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. So emergency service and vehicles couldn't enter that area. All Australian jurisdictions abolished the death penalty more than 30 years ago, but a poll[32] showed that 77% of Australians approved of the death sentence for Amrozi. Stuart Anstee, 23 (from Launceston) glass fragments in throat and back removed yesterday at Royal Darwin Hospital. 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. Morning and afternoon timely wrap ups of every news item delivered straight to your device. HAMMING:It wasn't a commercial explosive that was manufactured under strict manufacturing protocols and it certainly wasn't a military explosive that's manufactured to very strict protocols, and tested rigorously. The highest court in Indonesia, the Constitutional Court, found by a margin of five to four that trying the terrorist suspects under these retroactive laws violated Article 28I(1) of the constitution [2]. 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. You can imagine whatever hell is like, it must be something like that. The large, high-temperature blast damage produced by this mixture was similar to a thermobaric explosive,[21] although the bombers may not have known this. 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). It was an end-of-season soccer trip that put Mr Fyfe in Bali, standing on the edge of the dance floor in Paddy's Bar, when the first bomb went off. The University of Western Australia acknowledges that its campus is situated on Noongar land, and that Noongar people remain the spiritual and cultural custodians of their land, and continue to practise their values, languages, beliefs and knowledge. The dedication included a Balinese Hindu ceremony and the opportunity for mourners to lay flowers and other offerings. Bags of chemical ingredients for bombs were found in his workshop and soil samples taken from outside his home showed traces of the primary chemical used in the Sari Club bomb. "For me it was an easy way out. 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. 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