Bali bombing memorial

Bali bombing memorial - darkometer rating : 3 - The main memorial site in Kuta, Bali, commemorating the terrorist bombing attacks of October 2002 which killed over 200 people, mostly tourists, especially Australians, and injured many more. It was the worst such incident in Indonesia 's history. There are plans for a larger memorial park but these have still not been put into reality, so the site is comparatively underdeveloped, save for a memorial monument with a wall of names. Another multiple bombing attack took place in 2005, including at a popular tourist beach, but that site is today even less commodified . > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos More background info: There were two separate instances of bombing attacks on Bali, 2002 and 2005. Both happened in or near Kuta, the main tourism hub in south Bali (and thus of all Indonesia ) frequented mostly by foreign tourists, of whom Australians are especially numerous (naturally, given the proximity of their country to Bali). The first Bali bombings took place on 12 October 2002, i.e. just a month after the first anniversary of 9/11 (and it's been claimed that they were originally intended to coincide with that date). That is: at a time when the USA was tightening up its “war on terror”.