The exact date has not been set so far for the execution of Bali bombing death-row convicts Amrozi bin Nur Hasyim, Imam Samudara and Ali Gufron.
"The date for Amrozi's execution would be decided after the Moslem Ramadhan fasting month which starts on September 1," the national Antara news agency on Thursday quoted Indonesian attorney general Hendarman Supandji as saying.
"I received the dossiers on the execution on Wednesday but it cannot be carried out in the fasting month. Let's wait until after Ramadhan," he said, adding that it would certainly be carried out before the end of this year.
"Earlier, I expected that the dossiers, not the execution, would be completed before the fasting month but media reports said it was the execution that should be carried out before Ramadhan," he said.
Asked about a request by the Muslim Defense Lawyers' Team (TPM)that the execution be conducted by lethal injection instead of firing squad, the attorney general said it would depend on existing law.
The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on Oct. 12, 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, 164 of whom were foreign nationals, and 38 Indonesian citizens. Some 209 people were injured.
Source: Xinhua
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