Survivors fear suspected mastermind of Bali bombings will 'incite more violence'

Survivors of the Bali bombings say no amount of punishment will ever be enough for one of the men blamed for the attack, who left prison today after serving nine years behind bars.

The 82-year-old suspected mastermind behind the 2002 terror attack, Abu Bakar Bashir, was released from jail this morning after he served his sentence for supporting a militant training camp in Aceh.

And while Bashir might have his newfound freedom, one victim said the horror will remain trapped in his mind forever.

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Andrew Csabi told A Current Affair he was inside Bali's Sari Club the night suicide bombers stormed through the tourist mecca.

The attack, which killed 202 people including 88 Australians, left him a double amputee.

Mr Csabi now runs a security company and said he fears for Australian tourists in Bali with Bashir's release.

"I am concerned he is going to go out and incite more violence and start more cells," he said.

Survivor Erik De Haart said the attack almost 20 years ago still feels like yesterday.

He said he still second guesses whether he could have done more to save six of his footy teammates who were killed in the blasts.

"It took a long time to get the taste of it out of my mouth, I could taste the burning and the smell," Mr De Haart said.

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For many, the terror attack served as a major wake-up call that terror was on our doorstep with everyday Aussies a direct target of the terrorists' hatred.

Despite being cleared by a court for conspiring over the blasts, Bashir - the spiritual leader of the extremist group Jamaah Islamiah - has long been blamed for the Bali attacks and Marriot Hotel bombings.

Even Bashir's lawyer, Wirawan Adnan, has raised doubts about his rehabilitation.

Mr Adnan said while Bashir never condoned any bombing or act of terrorism, he also never condemned it either.

"You can put our body in prisons but sometimes it's difficult to change their thought," he said.

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However, Mr Adnan said he believes Bashir is harmless because he "never hurt anybody" and "all he does is talk".

When the lawyer was asked whether Bashir's ideas could still be dangerous, he said "there's other people that have the same ideas".

He also said "it was never proven in court" that Bashir directed others to cause harm and he had no idea he was supporting a militant training camp.

"It's just a coincidence, it's just a circumstantial evidence," Mr Adnan said.

"I don't really believe that he's really deserved any sentence at all in the first place, because all he did was just making donations."

But some of the survivors aren't convinced.

"The fact that he thinks Sharia law should be introduced into Indonesia reminds us of the fact that he hasn't changed at all, he is still the same firebrand terrorist that he was 20 years ago," Mr De Haart said.

"He hasn't admitted his liability in the incident of training people and in training bombers then obviously a leopard doesn't change his spots," Mr Csabi said.