Jakarta, Indonesia (News Today) - An Indonesian woman was sentenced to three years in jail Thursday for sheltering and assisting terrorists involved in suicide bomb attacks on two Jakarta hotels last year. Putri Munawaroh, 21, was the only suspect to survive a nine-hour shoot-out with police at her house in Central Java last September.
Terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top and three other Islamist extremists including her husband were killed in the firefight.
“The defendant was proven guilty of sheltering and assisting terrorists. The defendant is sentenced to three years in prison,” Judge Ida Bagus Dwiyantara said at the South Jakarta district court.
The twin attacks at luxury hotels in Jakarta on July 17 last year killed seven victims plus two suicide bombers. Thursday’s sentence was lighter than the prosecutors’ recommendation of eight years.
“She received a shorter sentence because we considered her young age and she also has a baby. She didn’t provide assistance willingly,” Dwiyantara said.
About 30 women wearing Islamic headscarves shouted “Allahu Akbar (God is greater)” and “the judge is an infidel” in court after the verdict was read out.
Munawaroh’s lawyer, Achmad Michdan, said they would appeal against the decision. Noordin led a violent splinter faction of the Jemaah Islamiyah regional terror network blamed for a string of attacks in Indonesia.
Source : kompas
Friday, July 30, 2010
Indonesian Woman Jailed for Sheltering Hotel Bombers
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