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| Jakarta sends terror suspect to Germany |
| 2003-07-14 |
| HAMBURG - Authorities in Indonesia plan to extradite an Islamic terrorism suspect to Germany this coming week to face prosecution, according to a German news magazine. The report in Der Spiegel, published Monday, says the Egyptian-born German national has been linked to the al Qaeda terrorist network. The suspect, identified by the magazine only as Reda S., is said to have close ties to high-ranking members of Osama Bin Laden’s terrorist organisation. Indonesian authorities detained him shortly before the Bali bombings last October which claimed 202 dead. Lacking evidence linking him to the blasts, however, an Indonesian court convicted him of immigration violations. That conviction came after the German embassy in Jakarta revoked his German passport, making him an illegal alien in Indonesia and forcing authorities there to move against him. |
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