Indonesia executes three Bali bombers (1st Lead)

Nov 8, 2008, 17:46 GMT

Jakarta - Indonesia early Sunday executed three Muslim militants convicted for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202 mostly foreigners, media reports said.

Imam Samudra, 38 and brothers Amrozi, 46, and Ali Ghufron, alias Mukhlas, 48 - were executed simultaneously by firing squads shortly after midnight Saturday, the television network TvOne said.

The execution took place on Nusakambangan Island where the men were being held, the report said, citing an anonymous source.

The executions could not immediately be confirmed by officials.

In Jakarta, spokesman for Indonesia's attorney general office, Jasman Panjaitan, said he was still unaware the execution.

'Until now I still haven't received confirmation from the field that the execution has already been made. I am still waiting for the confirmation,' Panjaitan told reporters.

Detik.com online news service reported the port town of Cilacap near Nusakambangan island that the bodies of the three bodies were brought to nearby clinic for autopsy after the three were confirmed dead by doctors who supervised the execution.

The report quoted an unnamed source as saying the bodies would be flown by helicopter to the mens' hometowns for burial.