Court upholds Bali bomber's death sentence

An Indonesian court has upheld the death sentence for convicted Bali bomber Amrozi, his lawyer said today.

An Indonesian court has upheld the death sentence for convicted Bali bomber Amrozi, his lawyer said today.

"I have been informed of this. The next appeal will be raised in seven to 14 days to the Supreme Court. We will file it as soon as possible," Mr Wirawan Adnan said.

A Bali district court sentenced Amrozi to death by firing squad in August for his role in last year's nightclub bombings that killed 202 people, mainly foreign holidaymakers.The sentence has now been upheld by the Bali High Court.

Amrozi, dubbed the "smiling bomber" for his chilling grin and expressions of delight at the Bali carnage, had said during his trial that he welcomed the death penalty. However, he authorised his lawyers to file an appeal within a week of the August 8th sentencing.

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The Bali bombings, the worst act of terror since the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the United States, were blamed on Jemaah Islamiah, a Southeast Asian militant group with links to the al-Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden.

Jemaah has also been blamed for a bomb attack at the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta last month in which 12 people were killed.

An Indonesian police spokesman said investigators were still seeking a basis to charge 13 suspected Islamic militants arrested after that attack.