JAKARTA: An alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people will be sent to Indonesia after being arrested in Pakistan in March, a senior counter terrorism official said on Monday.
"Pakistan had delivered a message early July that they will send Umar Patek to Indonesia," National Anti-Terror Agency (BNPT) deputy chief Tito Karnavian told reporters.
Jakarta's foreign and justice ministries are now working to process Patek's deportation, he said.
Indonesian counter-terrorism police have been tracking Patek for years. One of the most wanted Islamic extremists in Southeast Asia, he has a $1 million bounty on his head under the US government's "Rewards for Justice" programme.
Born in 1970, Patek was allegedly the field coordinator for the massive explosions that flattened nightclubs on Bali, killing 202 people, and placed mainly Muslim Indonesia on the front lines of the global battle against Islamic militancy.
Patek is a suspected member of Al-Qaeda-linked Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), blamed for a series of deadly bombings targeting Christians and Westerners in Indonesia dating back to 1999.
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They are all welcome for they can be called "non-state actors" but with the guardians
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If somehow terrorism becomes the major business then pak's gdp will surpass European Union,India,US,China's combined gdp.
All major Terror attacks in the World have one common thing- Pakistani connection.
Be it 9/11, 26//11, London Bombing, Bali Bombings,etc. Even the recent Norwegian incident has an indirect Pakistani connection.
I guess in the business of Terror, Pakistan has a sound base.
Great going pakis..... You ROCK \m/
why do all the scum of the earth converge on our heads after commiting the worse possible crimes?? we should re examine our policy of attracting international criminals.We have enough of our own, please spare us
Why is it that terrorists find solace in Pakinstan?.