The first Bali bombings suspect, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim,...

The first Bali bombings suspect, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, a 40-year-old mechanic who bought chemicals and a van used in the bombing, was found guilty of planning and helping to execute the bombings and was sentenced to death for his role in the attacks by a court in Denpasar, the Balinese capital.
He had previously admitted to participating in the attacks, and became known as the "smiling bomber" for his lack of remorse and jocular manner. Two bombs were detonated on the Kuta Beach nightclub strip in Bali on October 12, 2002. The attacks killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists.
Several of the alleged bombers said that they had picked the venue in order to kill as many westerners as possible. Their aim was to avenge the treatment of Muslims in other parts of the world.
"The accused is found guilty in a legal and convincing manner of carrying out an act of terrorism," said the judge, I Made Karna. Hundreds of people, including survivors of the bombings, cheered when the judge read out the sentence.
The judge said that Amrozi had seven days to appeal against his sentence. Although Indonesian law allows for death sentences to be handed down, executions are, in practice, rare.