Bali ceremony threat puts Indonesia on alert
11 Oct 2012 6:51 AM IST
Indonesia declared its top security alert on Wednesday, citing ‘credible information’ of a threat to a ceremony this week marking the 10th anniversary of the Bali bombings which killed 202 people.
Shrugging off the warning, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard vowed to attend Friday’s service in Bali for the victims of suicide attacks against two packed nightspots on October 12, 2002, which included 88 Australians.
Indonesia’s deadliest terror attack, by the Al Qaeda-linked group Jemaah Islamiyah [JI], opened an Asia front in the war on terrorism one year after the 9/11 attacks on the United States and dealt a morale-crushing blow to Australia. ‘Based on credible information, the terrorists have planned to target the Bali bombing commemoration event with a terror attack,’ Bali deputy police chief I Ketut Untung Yoga Ana said.
‘Security at all entry points to Bali, such as airports and seaports will be intensified,’ he said, adding that security was at the ‘highest level’.
Shrugging off the warning, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard vowed to attend Friday’s service in Bali for the victims of suicide attacks against two packed nightspots on October 12, 2002, which included 88 Australians.
Indonesia’s deadliest terror attack, by the Al Qaeda-linked group Jemaah Islamiyah [JI], opened an Asia front in the war on terrorism one year after the 9/11 attacks on the United States and dealt a morale-crushing blow to Australia. ‘Based on credible information, the terrorists have planned to target the Bali bombing commemoration event with a terror attack,’ Bali deputy police chief I Ketut Untung Yoga Ana said.
‘Security at all entry points to Bali, such as airports and seaports will be intensified,’ he said, adding that security was at the ‘highest level’.
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