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| Southeast Asia |
| 4 more charged in Australian embassy bombing |
| 2005-05-03 |
| Authorities have charged four more suspects in the 2004 bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, while a court prepared its verdict against an Islamic militant accused of transporting explosives used in the 2003 bombing of the city's JW Marriott Hotel. Ismail, alias Muhammad Ikhwan, could face the death penalty under Indonesia's anti-terror laws for his alleged role in the Marriott blast. He is the 12th person to be sentenced in connection with the attack, which killed 12 people, including a suicide bomber. The court was due to deliver its verdict later on Tuesday. The trials of the four new suspects in the embassy bombing will begin soon. Proceedings against one other suspect charged in that blast, which killed 10 including a suicide bomber, already have begun. Both blasts have been blamed on the al-Qaeda linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror group. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |