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olice will conduct a reenactment of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists, starting on Thursday.

Terror suspect Umar Pathek, believed to be the technical mastermind behind the bombings, was flown from Jakarta to Denpasar on Wednesday, along with four men already convicted in connection with the bombings: Ali Imron, Mubarok, Abdul Ghoni and Sawad.

The last three arrived at Bali Police headquarters at 2:50 p.m., followed by Mubarok and Pathek, who was arrested in Pakistan last March.

They arrived by police bus tightly guarded by dozens of armed and fully equipped Mobile Brigade officers.

The bus carrying the terrorists was escorted by police vehicles, with several officers from the National Police headquarters also on guard duty inside the bus.

Wearing a white shirt, Pathek looked calm and said nothing.

Adj. Sr. Comr. Sri Harmiti, the Bali Police’s head of public information, confirmed that Pathek and the four convicted terrorists would take part in the reenactment.

“They were brought to Bali to participate in the reenactment of the first Bali bombing. The reenactment is being conducted to complete the dossier on Umar Pathek,” she said.

There was a second bombing attack in Bali in 2005.

Harmiti refused to mention the locations in detail, only saying that Pathek and the four convicts would be brought to the bombing sites on Jl. Legian, Kuta.

However, sources in the police said the reenactment would also be held in other locations, including on Jl. Menjangan in Denpasar, where the terrorists made the bomb; and in Ubung bus terminal, where they handed over the bomb materials.

The reenactment may last until Sunday. The five men would be detained at the Mobile Brigade headquarters, some 4 kilometers from Bali Police headquarters.

Pathek allegedly led the plotting of the 2002 bombings. He had been listed as one of the world’s most dangerous terror fugitives. The US even put a bounty of US$1 million on his head.