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| Embassy bomb plotter vows to continue jihad |
| 2014-01-23 |
| A Jakarta court Tuesday jailed for seven-and-a-half years the mastermind of an Islamic extremist plot to bomb Myanmar's embassy, but the Sigit Indrajid confessed at an earlier hearing to leading a group which plotted to attack the mission in Jakarta to avenge the killing of Rohingya Muslims in mainly Buddhist Myanmar. The plan was foiled last May when police caught two of the plotters riding a motorbike, and one of them was found to be carrying a backpack full of pipe-bombs. They had planned to launch the attack the following day. Indrajid showed no remorse during the hearing and smiled during much of it. After he was sentenced, he said, “I will continue fighting the enemies of Islam.” Before the verdict, Indrajid told reporters that he would “fight” after serving his jail term, saying the eight-year jail recommendation by prosecutors was “nothing”. He said, “It is not a death sentence. We need to fight for the implementation of Islamic sharia law here.” The plotters were part of a network called Negara Islam Indonesia (The Islamic State of Indonesia), and Indrajid is the third person to be sentenced over the embassy bomb plan. The court previously heard how he met some of his accomplices on Facebook, where he posted messages about the need to avenge the killing of the Rohingya. Hours before Indrajid was sentenced, police revealed they had arrested two |
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