Ex-member of terror group linked to al-Qaida helped assemble devices used in 2002 attack
The Bali bombings were Indonesia’s deadliest terror strike. On Saturday 12 October 2002, a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a nightclub packed with tourists on Kuta beach, killing many people instantly and forcing others to flee outside. Another suicide bomber detonated a massive bomb in a car parked on the street in front of two clubs.
Patek left Bali just before the attacks and spent nine years running from the law, travelling in the Philippines and Pakistan. He was considered one of Asia’s most wanted terror suspects. “I feel a great deal of common distress, along with all Australians, at this time,” he said on Friday.
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