On
this date, 21 June 2012, an Indonesian court sentenced Umar Patek to 20 years
in jail for murder and bomb-making. He was found guilty of all six charges,
which included involvement in attacks against churches on Christmas Eve 2000.
Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty. During the trial Patek apologized
to families of victims and maintained that he did nothing more than mix
chemicals for the explosives.
Please
go to this Blog Post to learn more and watch these two videos to see his
reaction.
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Bali bombing mastermind Umar Patek of
Indonesia attends a police reconstruction at the crime scene in Jakarta on
November 2, 2011. Patek, a suspected member of the Al-Qaida-linked Southeast
Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), has been cooperating with police
interrogators since his extradition from Pakistan, where he was arrested in
January in the town where Osama bin Laden was subsequently killed by US
commandos. While on the run Patek was one of Asia's most wanted terror suspects
and had a 1 million USD bounty on his head under the US rewards for justice
programme. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY
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