JAKARTA (Reuters) – A outstanding Indonesian militant linked to the 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 individuals within the resort island has been sentenced 15 years in jail, a decide at a Jakarta court docket dominated on Wednesday.
Aris Sumarsono, higher generally known as Zulkarnaen, was a former army commander in Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a Southeast Asian jihadist community with ties to al Qaeda. The 58-year-old had been on the run for nearly twenty years after being named a suspect within the Bali assaults.
(Reporting by Stanley (*15*) and Johan Purnomo; Writing by Kate Lamb; Editing by Ed Davies)