Witnesses testify in Bali bombing trial
- 12 years ago
Indonesian militant Umar Patek arrives in court for the latest session in the trial against him.
The 45 year old is accused making bombs that exploded in Bali in 2002, killing 202 people.
On Wednesday witnesses who survived the Bali bombings testified in the trial.
An American tourist who was injured when the bombs exploded said a group of men verbally attacked him in a pub for being American just days before the blasts.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) US CITIZEN AND BALI BOMB VICTIM STEVEN CABBLER:
"Four gentlemen come up to me and the guy comes to my face and he spits in my face and he said 'Fuck you', excuse me, 'fuck America, fuck George Bush I have family from Afghanistan and Iraq, why do you want to kill Saddam Hussein?' "
Three Australian witnesses also testified in the trial, one of whom said he was still suffering from a head wound, hearing loss, and psychological trauma.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN AND BALI BOMB VICTIM:
"You never fully recover, I would say I'm about 85 per cent recovered."
Pakistani authorities caught Patek in January 2011 in the garrison town of Abbottabad.
He also stands accused of making the explosives that detonated in five churches on Christmas Eve 2000, claiming 15 lives.
Simon Hanna, Reuters.
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The 45 year old is accused making bombs that exploded in Bali in 2002, killing 202 people.
On Wednesday witnesses who survived the Bali bombings testified in the trial.
An American tourist who was injured when the bombs exploded said a group of men verbally attacked him in a pub for being American just days before the blasts.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) US CITIZEN AND BALI BOMB VICTIM STEVEN CABBLER:
"Four gentlemen come up to me and the guy comes to my face and he spits in my face and he said 'Fuck you', excuse me, 'fuck America, fuck George Bush I have family from Afghanistan and Iraq, why do you want to kill Saddam Hussein?' "
Three Australian witnesses also testified in the trial, one of whom said he was still suffering from a head wound, hearing loss, and psychological trauma.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN AND BALI BOMB VICTIM:
"You never fully recover, I would say I'm about 85 per cent recovered."
Pakistani authorities caught Patek in January 2011 in the garrison town of Abbottabad.
He also stands accused of making the explosives that detonated in five churches on Christmas Eve 2000, claiming 15 lives.
Simon Hanna, Reuters.
.