Indonesia jails Bali bomber for 15 years

June 16, 2011 14:08

The Indonesian court has delivered its vedict on the Bali bomber.

Indonesia has jailed radical cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir for 15 years, after he was convicted of supporting an Islamic militant training camp in Aceh.

The sentence was handed down amid tight security at court in Jakarta, where more than 3,000 police were on duty, reports bbc.co.uk.

Ba'asyir, 72, was convicted of helping to organise a jihadi training camp that was planning to attack government targets and impose an Islamic state. He has been involved in radical Islamic groups in Indonesia for four decades.

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