'No factors delaying Bali bomber executions'

Lamongan: An Indonesian official denied on Saturday there were any factors delaying the execution of the Bali bombers, as relatives of two of the Islamic militants left their home village to seek a final prison visit.

Indonesia does not announce the specific date or time of executions, but the attorney general's office has said the three militants - Imam Samudra, Mukhlas and Amrozi - would be executed in early November for their role in the nightclub bombings six years ago, in which 202 people died.

Officials said the men, now in isolated cells in Nusakambangan prison island in central Java, will be executed simultaneously on the same island by firing squads.

Some media reports suggested weather conditions may have delayed the execution on Friday night.

But Jasman Pandjaitan, a spokesman for the Attorney General's office, denied there was anything holding up the execution.

"There are no technical problems delaying the execution," said Pandjaitan, adding officials on the ground would decide the timing.

Security has been tight in Indonesia in the past week as some analysts fear a hardline backlash if the executions go ahead.

There have been a number of threats made to foreign embassies and against Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and other officials in recent days.