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Group leader behind Bali bombing arrested
Monday, 30 June 2003 12:40
A leader of the group blamed for last year's Bali bombings has been arrested.
Idris has confessed to his role as the logistics expert in the attacks which killed more than 200 people, mostly Australian tourists, last October.
12 suspects in total are being detained from the militant Jemaah Islamiah group, an al-Qaeda linked Islamic organsiation.
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In the continuing court case in Indonesia, prosecutors urged a court to impose the death penalty on a man suspected of carrying out the Bali bomb attacks.
The sentencing demand for Amrozi, who is dubbed the laughing bomber by the press, is the first sought for more than 30 Indonesian Muslim militants arrested over the October 12 blasts.
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