Hindustan Times (Patiala)

Death for Indonesian cleric over ISclaimed attack

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A radical Indonesian cleric was sentenced to death Friday for mastermind­ing a 2016 Islamic State terror attack that saw a suicide bomber blow himself up at a Starbucks cafe. Aman Abdurrahma­n was found guilty of ordering the attack that killed four in Jakarta, as heavily armed police guarded his sentencing at at court in the capital. It was the first attack claimed by the internatio­nal terror network in Southeast Asia. “(The defendant) has been proven to have committed a criminal act of terrorism,” said judge Akhmad Jaini, who also cited his involvemen­t in other deadly plots.

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