After the state execution of three Islamic militants for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, Indonesian security forces are on high alert.
Security forces are on alert across the country amid fears of reprisal attacks
There were reports of clashes as hundreds of supporters attended burials in the men’s home villages in Java. At the same time, security forces are on alert across the country amid fears of reprisal attacks.
In the mean time, Australia, which lost 88 of its citizens in the attacks, has issued a warning against travel to the country. Britain and the US have done likewise.
But the deaths will not evoke much sympathy in Indonesia, where most people supported the sentence and believed the executions should have been carried out much sooner.
The bombings were blamed on the militant group Jemaah Islamiah, widely regarded as a regional affiliate of the al-Qaeda network, but several key suspects have never been caught.
