Topic: Noordin Top

Indonesia mosque suicide attack wounds 26

A suicide bomber wounded at least 26 people when he struck a prayer room in an Indonesian police compound in the first suicide attack on a mosque in the country, police said.The bomber began the Friday prayers along with other worshippers, and ...
The new chief of Indonesia's anti-terror agency complained Tuesday that courts were being too easy on terrorists and called for tougher laws to fight jihadist extremists.National Anti-Terror Agency (BNPT) Ansyaad Mbai said there was an "urgent need" to amend the anti-terror laws ...
The father-in-law of slain Malaysian terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top went on trial in Indonesia on Thursday, facing up to 15 years in prison for helping one of Asia's most wanted men evade capture.Baharudin Latif alias Baridin, 55, was arrested five months ...
Indonesian militant gets 8-year jail sentence for twin hotel bombingsAn Indonesian court sentenced an Islamist militant to eight years in prison Monday for his involvement in last year's deadly bombings on two luxury hotels in Jakarta and a plot to assassinate the ...
An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced the driver of late terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top to eight years' jail for abetting terrorism and plotting to assassinate the president.Amir Abdillah, 34, was convicted of concealing information about Malaysian-born Islamist Noordin and of taking ...
Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday sought seven years' jail for an Islamist blogger dubbed the "Prince of Jihad" for allegedly abetting suicide attacks on luxury hotels in Jakarta last year.Mohammed Jibril Abdurahman, publisher of extremist literature and a militant blog, was arrested at ...

Militant on trial over funding Jakarta bombings

An Indonesian militant went on trial on Tuesday accused of helping to finance deadly attacks on luxury hotels in Jakarta last year, charges that risk up to 15 years in jail.Dozens of women covered from head-to-toe in black chanted "God is greater" ...

Indonesia's anti-terrorism unit warns of new cells

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia still faces a key risk of new militant attacks as Islamic radicals have set up new cells in recent years and some bomb experts remain at large, the head of the country's anti-terrorism unit said on Thursday.Police have ...
Family buries slain terror mastermind Noordin Top in Muslim funeral at Malaysian villageTearful relatives of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top buried him in a traditional Muslim funeral at his Malaysian boyhood village Friday, two weeks after Indonesian security forces killed him ...

Insurgents recruit teens at sports clubs, schools

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Unbeknown to 12-year-old Andika Bayu Pamungkas and his friends, the seemingly innocuous martial arts sessions in their Indonesian village were actually the first steps toward being turned into suicide bombers and militants.Recruitment efforts of young, malleable boys such as ...
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