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Jan 8, 2021 Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, center, waves from a wheelchair upon arrival today at the Al Mukmin Islamic Boarding School where he resides in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. The firebrand cleric who inspired the Bali bombers and other violent extremists walked free from prison today after completing his sentence for funding the training of Islamic militants. (AP Photo) JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A firebrand cleric who inspired bombings in Bali and other attacks walked free from a...

Bashir left prison after completing his sentence for funding the training of Islamic militants. By January 09, 2021 Advertisement A firebrand cleric who inspired bombings in Bali and other attacks walked free from an Indonesian prison Friday after completing his sentence for funding the training of Islamic militants. Police said they will monitor the activities of Abu Bakar Bashir, who is 82 and ailing. His son said Bashir will avoid activities outside his home due to the coronavirus pandemic....

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A firebrand cleric who inspired bombings in Bali and other attacks walked free from an Indonesian prison Friday after completing his sentence for funding the training of Islamic militants. Police said they will monitor the activities of Abu Bakar Bashir, who is 82 and ailing. His son said Bashir will avoid activities outside his home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The slender, white-bearded Bashir, an Indonesian of Yemeni...

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas/BenarNews Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, a co-founder of the group blamed for Indonesia’s deadliest terrorist attack, returned home to his Islamic boarding school in Central Java upon being freed Friday after almost a decade behind bars on militancy-related charges. The former spiritual leader of al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) left a maximum-security prison in Bogor, south of Jakarta, in a van in the early morning, a spokeswoman for the Directorat...