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The military leader of Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah has revealed the group used supermarket charity boxes to fund attacks, including the 2002 Bali bombings.
Aris Sumarsono, known as Zulkarnaen, was one of the world’s most wanted men, with the US placing a $5 million bounty on his head until his capture after 18 years in November.
The biologist is suspected of being the mastermind behind the Bali bombings which killed more than 200 people, and many other attacks.
One of those killed in Bali was 39-year-old Jonathon Elwood, the brother of British politician Tobias Elwood, who was hailed as a hero after he tried to save the life of a police officer killed in the London Westminster terror attack in 2017.
2:24 a.m. ET, December 24, 2020
Japan records new record high of Covid-19 cases as experts urge public to cancel holiday travel
From CNN’s Yoko Wakatsuki in Tokyo
A chef wearing a face mask looks out from a restaurant window on December 23, in Tokyo, Japan. Carl Court/Getty Images
Japan reported a record 3,268 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, according to the country s Health Ministry.
Wednesday s numbers top the previous record of Dec. 17, when authorities reported 3,208 cases.
Tokyo reported 748 new cases the capital s second-highest number of infections confirmed in a single day, according to the city s metropolitan government.
The Health Ministry also reported 56 additional coronavirus-related fatalities Wednesday, pushing the country s death toll to 3,063.
Taiwan reports first locally transmitted case in more than 250 days
From CNN Beijing bureau
A volunteer speaks through a megaphone to remind people to wear a mask while walking under Christmas decorations in New Taipei City, Taiwan on December 18. Ritchie B Tongo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Taiwan reported its first locally-transmitted Covid-19 case since April on Tuesday, breaking a run of more than 250 days without one, according to figures released by the island s Health Ministry.
The ministry said the case was a woman in her 30s who had contact with another positive case, a foreign pilot, between Dec. 8 and 12.
The island of 23 million people last reported a locally transmitted case on April 12.
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