Bali bomb maker gets 20 years in prison
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June 22, 2012, Friday
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AN Indonesian militant was convicted of helping to build the massive car bomb used in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks and sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday, concluding the trial for the case's last main defendant.
Known as "Demolition Man," Umar Patek, 45, is a leading member of the al-Qaida-linked network Jemaah Islamiyah. He was found guilty by the West Jakarta District Court of violating the country's anti-terror law for his role in the Bali resort island attacks on October 12, 2002, that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians and seven Americans.
The five-member judge panel also sentenced him for his involvement in Jakarta church attacks on Christmas Eve in 2000 that killed 19.
Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Patek, who was accused of illegal weapons possession, concealing terrorist acts, immigration violations and premeditated murder in the Bali bombings.
More than 240 police, including a team of snipers, were deployed in and around the court building for the last session of the trial, which began in February. Several sharp shooters were seen atop nearby buildings.
Patek, who was arrested last year in Pakistan in the same northwestern town where Osama bin Laden was killed several months later, was the last key defendant to be tried in the attacks. He argued he did not play a major part in building the car bomb, the biggest explosive used in the attacks.
Patek, whose real name is Hisyam bin Alizein, has apologized to the victims' families, Christians and to the government, saying he was not in favor of going through with the attack against partying tourists, but that he could not speak out against other senior members of the group.
Known as "Demolition Man," Umar Patek, 45, is a leading member of the al-Qaida-linked network Jemaah Islamiyah. He was found guilty by the West Jakarta District Court of violating the country's anti-terror law for his role in the Bali resort island attacks on October 12, 2002, that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians and seven Americans.
The five-member judge panel also sentenced him for his involvement in Jakarta church attacks on Christmas Eve in 2000 that killed 19.
Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Patek, who was accused of illegal weapons possession, concealing terrorist acts, immigration violations and premeditated murder in the Bali bombings.
More than 240 police, including a team of snipers, were deployed in and around the court building for the last session of the trial, which began in February. Several sharp shooters were seen atop nearby buildings.
Patek, who was arrested last year in Pakistan in the same northwestern town where Osama bin Laden was killed several months later, was the last key defendant to be tried in the attacks. He argued he did not play a major part in building the car bomb, the biggest explosive used in the attacks.
Patek, whose real name is Hisyam bin Alizein, has apologized to the victims' families, Christians and to the government, saying he was not in favor of going through with the attack against partying tourists, but that he could not speak out against other senior members of the group.
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