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Indonesian cleric gets 15 years on terror charge

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An Indonesian court has sentenced radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to 15 years in prison on a terrorism charge.

 

Bashir, 72, was accused of helping to sanction and fund a jihadi training camp in westernmost Aceh province that brought together men from almost every known Indonesian extremist group. The sentence was announced Thursday amid high security at a Jakarta court where hundreds of Bashir supporters gathered. (AP)

 

 

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