Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Lawyers for the Bali bombers will file a last-minute appeal today to stop the executions of the three men, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

The legal team of Amrozi, Ali Ghufron and Imam Samudra is heading to a court in Bali's capital, Denpasar, to lodge the request, as Indonesian authorities prepare to carry out their death sentences by firing squad, the ABC said on its Web site.

Two national police helicopters landed yesterday on the island off the coast of Java where the bombers are being held, the broadcaster reported, citing comments that military intelligence chief Sergeant Giarto made to local media. The aircraft will transport the bombers' bodies for burial, he said.

The three were sentenced to death for the 2002 bombings in Bali's tourist strip of Kuta Beach that killed 202 people, 88 of them Australians. Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, blamed the Southeast Asian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah for the attack. The group, which is linked to al- Qaeda, wants to turn the archipelago into an Islamic state.

To contact the reporter on this story: Michael Heath in Sydney at mheath1@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: November 2, 2008 17:34 EST