Nature of the Attack

Impact on the community, how it was carried out, reasons why it was carried out, responses

Victims

 The terrorist attack occurred on October 12^th 2002 in the popular tourist resort Kuta. Tourists were happily clubbing and having fun, at 11:05 pm a suicide bomber inside Paddy’s Bar detonated a bomb which he was carrying in his backpack, the suicide bomber was killed outright. Many people were injured by the blast, as people panicked and ran onto the street they were unaware they were heading for more danger. Minutes later additional explosions were let off outside the Sari club directly opposite Paddy’s Bar. The bomb outside the Sari Club had been hidden inside a white Mitsubishi van and was set off by remote control from outside the club. The blast caused gas cylinders to explode, creating a huge fireball which caused the flimsy roof structure to collapse and leave hundreds trapped inside. Residents rushed to help people who were walking around covered in blood and severely burned with their skin hanging off. People’s body parts were blown across the street it was a terrible sight. The injured were carried to Sanglan hospital to be treated however the hospital was too small and ill-equipped to deal with the scale of disaster which they had in their hands. Victims had to be flown to Darwin and Perth for specialist burn treatment. The main priority was to respond to emergency and keep losses to a minimum, this included search and rescue efforts, locating and bringing survivors to safety. Volunteers from all sectors of society including tourists made themselves available to hospitals to help in tasks such as nursing and comforting wounded. So the question is why did they target these popular tourist bars? Their motive was to exterminate as many US citizens as they could so they planned to hit small targets like nightclubs and bars rather than the usual high profile foreign embassies.

  

Mitsubishi van which bomb was planted