Ten suspected militants went on trial on Tuesday for allegedly killing a Christian schoolteacher and plotting to bomb a cafe. The defendants, including a Singaporean who allegedly met Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, face lifetime sentences in prison if convicted on charges of illegal possession of explosives, murder, plotting a terrorist attack and harbouring fugitives. The men are suspected members of the Southeast Asian terrorist network, Jemaah Islamiyah, which is accused of carrying out several suicide bombings against Western targets in Indonesia since 2002, including bombings on the resort island of Bali, their indictment said. Police raids, last July, seized 22 loaded explosive devices. They were allegedly intended to carry out an attack at a bar, Kafe Bedudel, frequented by non-Muslims, in a hilly resort town on the Sumatra Island. The attack was called off after the militants realised it might unintentionally kill Muslims. Defendant Fajar Taslim, a 35-year-old Singaporean teacher of Pakistani heritage, is allegedly a member of a Singaporean cell believed to have plotted to hijack a plane in Bangkok in 2002 and crash it into the international airport there.