Trial of Jemaah Islamiyah alleged bomber Umar Patek set for Feb 13
JAKARTA - An alleged mastermind of Indonesia's deadliest terrorist attack that killed more than 200 people in Bali a decade ago will stand trial on Monday, a court spokesman said.
Umar Patek, 41, was extradited to Indonesia after his arrest in January in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, where US SEALs killed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in a raid in May.
While on the run Patek was one of Asia's most-wanted terror suspects and had a $1 million bounty on his head under the US rewards for justice program.
"Patek's trial has been confirmed for February 13 at the West Jakarta district court," court spokesman Mirdin Alamsyah told AFP Thursday.
Patek could face death by firing squad if convicted of various terror-related charges including bomb-making, premeditated murder, firearms possession and using a false identification.
Prosecutors recommended the court charge Patek with premeditated murder and assembling bombs in attacks on nightclubs on the resort island of Bali in 2002 that killed 202 people, and on churches in Jakarta on Christmas Eve in 2000.
They also allege that Patek tested out three M16 assault rifles to help prepare a terrorist training camp in Aceh province on Sumatra island, where police say militants were planning gun attacks on prominent Indonesian figures.
Born in 1970, Patek is a suspected member of the Al-Qaeda-linked Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), which has links to terror groups operating in Mindanao.
Indonesia has waged a successful crackdown on large terror networks and has significantly weakened the JI network, killing top figures in bloody police raids.
Three others behind the 2002 Bali attacks -- Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra -- were executed by firing squad in November 2008. — Agence France Presse
Umar Patek, 41, was extradited to Indonesia after his arrest in January in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, where US SEALs killed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in a raid in May.
While on the run Patek was one of Asia's most-wanted terror suspects and had a $1 million bounty on his head under the US rewards for justice program.
"Patek's trial has been confirmed for February 13 at the West Jakarta district court," court spokesman Mirdin Alamsyah told AFP Thursday.
Patek could face death by firing squad if convicted of various terror-related charges including bomb-making, premeditated murder, firearms possession and using a false identification.
Prosecutors recommended the court charge Patek with premeditated murder and assembling bombs in attacks on nightclubs on the resort island of Bali in 2002 that killed 202 people, and on churches in Jakarta on Christmas Eve in 2000.
They also allege that Patek tested out three M16 assault rifles to help prepare a terrorist training camp in Aceh province on Sumatra island, where police say militants were planning gun attacks on prominent Indonesian figures.
Born in 1970, Patek is a suspected member of the Al-Qaeda-linked Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), which has links to terror groups operating in Mindanao.
Indonesia has waged a successful crackdown on large terror networks and has significantly weakened the JI network, killing top figures in bloody police raids.
Three others behind the 2002 Bali attacks -- Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra -- were executed by firing squad in November 2008. — Agence France Presse
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