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| Three men convicted over the 2002 Bali bombings will be executed in early November, the Indonesian attorney general's office says. | Three men convicted over the 2002 Bali bombings will be executed in early November, the Indonesian attorney general's office says. |
| The three, Imam Samudra, Amrozi and Mukhlas, also known as Ali Ghufron, were sentenced to death for their roles in the attacks which killed 202 people. | The three, Imam Samudra, Amrozi and Mukhlas, also known as Ali Ghufron, were sentenced to death for their roles in the attacks which killed 202 people. |
| They are held in Nusakambangan maximum security prison, where officials said the executions would take place. | They are held in Nusakambangan maximum security prison, where officials said the executions would take place. |
| The nightclub bombings were blamed on the militant group Jemaah Islamiah. | |
| The sentences have been subject to multiple appeals. | |
| A pledge by the attorney general to see them die by Ramadan - which fell in early September - was not met. | |
| In the latest challenge, defence lawyers argued that the bombers should not face execution by firing squad - which they said did not guarantee instant death and would amount to torture. | |
| But earlier this month the constitutional court rejected the argument that they should be beheaded instead. |