Government Releases Bali Bomber On Parole
December 08 2022
The Indonesia government has released an infamous bomb maker on parole, reports the Kyodo news agency (Tokyo).
Umar Patek, nicknamed “Demolition Man,” was released on Wednesday from Porong Prison in East Java province after completing half his 20-year sentence, a government spokeswoman said.
Patek, a former Islamic militant and member of the Jemaah Islamiyah group, was convicted of assembling bombs used to attack churches in Indonesia in December 2000, that killed 16 people, and...
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