Execution
Originally incarcerated in Denpasar's prison, he was moved to the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan in October 2005.
Together with the two other bombers who received death sentences, he launched a constitutional challenge against the use of firing squads. Mukhlas preferred beheading.
In October 2008 he remained unrepentant and claimed revenge would be taken for his death. During the month, his final appeals were rejected and the Attorney General's office announced that he would be executed by firing squad in early November 2008.
According to a source in Indonesia's Attorney General Office, the execution were to be done before the end of Sunday, 9 November 2008. This was reportedly delayed from the original plan to allow a representative from the family to identify the body post-execution. From Mukhlas's family, his younger brother, Ali Fauzi were sent as a representative of his family.
Mukhlas, along with Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Imam Samudra were shot on 00.15 local time on 9 November 2008. They were executed by firing squad.
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