Trial Begins for 2 Men Suspected in Bali Attack
From Times Wire Reports
Two suspected Islamic militants accused in the 2005 restaurant bombings on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali went on trial in the town of Denpasar, facing the death penalty if convicted.
Mohammed Cholily and Abdul Azis are the first to come to trial among four men accused of supplying explosives and sheltering an alleged Jemaah Islamiyah leader believed to be behind the Oct. 1 suicide bombings that killed 20 people.
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