 Speeding up the execution of three Indonesian militants on death row for the 2002 Bali blasts could provoke a backlash and trigger more attacks, the police officer who probed the bombings said. Bali police chief Made Mangku Pastika said protesters should think twice about the possible consequences of putting Imam Samudra, Amrozi and Ali Gufron, alias Mukhlas, in front of the firing squad too soon. "I understand the demands of the Balinese to have a speedy execution of Amrozi and his friends. But have they thought about the repercussions?" Mr Pastika, himself a Balinese, told reporters in the island's capital Denpasar. "Terrorism could increase. This is what we need to consider and are we ready to face it?" said Mr Pastika, who led the 2002 bombing probe and was later installed as Bali's top policeman.
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The three have been on death row for around two years after courts convicted them of playing leading roles in the nightclub bombings that killed 202 people, most of them tourists. |
