Jakarta, Indonesia (News Today) - An Islamic extremist could face the death penalty after being charged Wednesday with involvement in attacks against Christians in an area of Indonesia with a history of religious violence. Eko Budi Wardoyo, arrested early this year, faces trial under Indonesia’s anti-terror laws for allegedly taking part in a series of attacks on Christians in the province of Central Sulawesi, prosecutors said.
The allegations link the 32-year old to a bomb attack on a busy market in a predominantly Christian town of Tentena in Poso district in May 2005 that left 22 dead. He is also accused of involvement in the fatal shooting of a female reverend as she delivered her sermon in a church in a neighbouring district of Palu in 2004. Three people among the congregation were also killed in the incident, prosecutors said.
“The defendant confessed that he was assigned by a higher leader to oversee plots against Christians as an act of revenge for Muslims killed in the sectarian conflict,” prosecutor Nasir told the Jakarta court.
Poso has endured sporadic unrest after the end of large-scale violence between Muslims and Christians in 2000 and 2001 that claimed around 1,000 lives. In 2005 Islamic militants were widely condemned after beheading three teenage Christian schoolgirls in Poso. The defendant refused to give any comments to reporters until after his trial which will resume next week.
Source : kompas
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Indonesian Extremist May Face Death over Terror Attacks
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