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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian prosecutors on Wednesday demanded a life sentence for a top terror suspect who eluded capture for 18 years and accused him of masterminding a series of deadly attacks in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
Aris Sumarsono, 58, better known as Zulkarnaen, sat impassively as the prosecution announced the sentencing demand before a panel of three judges.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Police and prosecutors say Zulkarnaen is the former military commander of Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian militant group with ties to al-Qaida.
SHARE 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 Elw...
PURE EVIL Bali bombing mastermind who killed 202 including 23 Brits is captured and led away in a hood after 18 years on the run Updated: 16 Dec 2020, 14:26 Invalid Date, AL QAEDA'S South East Asia commander who masterminded the 2002 Bali bombing has been led away by cops in cuffs and a hood. Aris Sumarsono, known as Zulkarnaen, was detained by counter-terrorism police who swooped on his hideout in East Lampung district on Sumatra island. 9 9 He was the operations chief for the Al Qaeda'-linked group Jemaah Islamiyah Credit: AP:Associated Press 9 A scene of devastation following the Bali b...