Topic: Bali

Indonesian bomb suspect 're-enacts bomb making'

The alleged Indonesian mastermind behind the Bali bombings, which killed more than 200 people nine years ago, on Thursday re-enacted how he assembled the bombs used in the attacks, police said.Umar Patek, 41, allegedly demonstrated to police how he built the explosives ...

Indonesia arrests key suspect in suicide bomb attacks

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia authorities said on Sunday they had captured one of their four most-wanted militants in connection with two suicide-bomb attacks this year that rekindled fears of religion-related violence in the world's largest Muslim country.The suspect, identified as Beni Asri, ...

Indonesia seeks 12 years for Islamist extremist

Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday sought 12 years in jail for Abu Tholut, seen as one of the most dangerous Islamist extremists in the mainly Muslim country.Tholut, 49, was found guilty of playing a key role in the formation of a militant training ...
Indonesia has killed or captured most of the militants responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings, but it now faces new threats from second-generation jihadists inspired by the 9/11 attacks.Even before the strikes on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, Southeast ...

Indonesia says Patek could face death penalty

Indonesian police said Thursday they will charge Bali bomb suspect Umar Patek under the anti-terrorism law as well as with premeditated murder, either of which could see him executed if convicted.National police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam said the 41-year-old who was arrested ...

Indonesia says Bali suspect gives bombing details

Indonesian police said Friday the alleged coordinator of the 2002 Bali attacks has explained how he assembled the bombs and handed the switch to an accomplice.Umar Patek has been cooperating with police interrogators since his extradition Thursday from Pakistan, where he was ...
An alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings was extradited from Pakistan to Indonesia on Thursday, after his arrest in the town where Osama bin Laden was killed, a security official said.Indonesia's counter-terrorism agency chief Ansyaad Mbai confirmed that Umar Patek had ...

Bali bomb suspect extradited to Indonesia

An alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings was extradited from Pakistan to Indonesia on Thursday, after his arrest in the town where Osama bin Laden was killed, a security official said.Senior counter-terrorism official Ansyaad Mbai confirmed to AFP that Umar Patek ...

Pakistan to fly Bali bomb suspect to Jakarta

Pakistan is preparing to fly to Indonesia an alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings months after his arrest in the town in which Osama bin Laden was killed, officials said Wednesday."We have to eventually hand over (Umar) Patek to the Indonesians ...

Indonesia expects Bali bomb suspect home 'soon'

An alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people will be repatriated soon to Indonesia from Pakistan where he was arrested this year, according to the foreign minister.The most wanted Islamic extremist in Southeast Asia, Umar Patek, ...
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