Man Sentenced for Role in Embassy Bombing
From Times Wire Reports
An Indonesian militant received a seven-year prison sentence for his role in plotting last year’s suicide bombing outside the Australian Embassy.
Judges said Abdul Fatah, alias Heri Segu, helped build the bomb.
His sentencing came just before the first anniversary of the Sept. 9 attack at the heavily fortified mission in central Jakarta, which killed nine people. Police blamed the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist group.
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