Bali bomber could be released in days, law official says


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  • Friday, 19 Aug 2022

FILE PHOTO: Umar Patek (front) walks away following a consultation with his lawyers after judges delivered the verdict on him in a West Jakarta court June 21, 2012. REUTERS/Supri/File Photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian man jailed for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings that killed hundreds of people could be released on parole in the coming days after the latest reduction in his sentencing, a law official said on Friday.

Umar Patek, a member of the Al Qaeda-linked militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, was sentenced to 20 years jail by an Indonesian court in 2012 after he was found guilty of mixing bombs that ripped through two Bali nightclubs a decade earlier, killing 202 people.

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