Indonesia marks 2002 Bali bombing anniversary

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KUTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesians and foreigners on Bali have marked the fourth anniversary of deadly bombings by Islamic extremists with a series of emotional ceremonies and rituals on the resort island. The October 12, 2002 bombings on two nightclubs killed 202 people, mostly Western tourists, and were blamed on Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the Al-Qaeda-linked Southeast Asian terrorist network.

The atrocity claimed the lives of people from 22 countries. Australia, which for years saw Bali as its backyard playground, lost the largest number of victims, with 88. At midnight (1600 GMT Wednesday), a 12-kilometre (seven-mile) length of cloth symbolising peace was unfurled by a group of Balinese at Jimbaran beach, beginning at one of three cafes hit by a subsequent attack in October...