JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Three men convicted of carrying out two nightclub bombings that killed 202 people on the resort island of Bali six years ago will be executed by firing squad next month, Indonesian authorities said.
"The Bali bombers' legal avenue has been exhausted," said Jasman Pandjaitan, a spokesman for Indonesia's attorney general.
"All material and formal preparation for execution has been fulfilled, and the attorney general's office has decided to carry out the execution at the beginning of November 2008," Pandjaitan said.
A spokesman for the defense team said lawyers questioned the attorney general's announcement.
"The attorney general's statement about the finality of the legal process is unclear and has no legal base," the defense team spokesman said.
Defense lawyers will seek a judicial review of the case, he said.
The men showed neither fear nor remorse in a recent interview with CNN. They asked to be beheaded, saying it was the Islamic way of execution, but authorities plan to execute them by firing squad.
The deadly blasts ripped through two popular nightclubs in Bali's Kuta in October 2002.
Most of the dead were young Australians. More than 300 people were wounded. Dozens of victims were burned beyond recognition or blown to pieces by the massive blasts.
Source: CNN.com
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