An Indonesian court has sentenced seven men involved in a terror cell known as Al Qaeda in Aceh, which plotted to kill Westerners, to jail terms of up to eight years. The court heard the group, which was believed to be training to carry out Mumbai-style attacks by small groups of suicide gunmen. Two men involved in a shooting that injured German Red Cross staffer Erhard Bauer in Aceh last year received the stiffest punishment of eight years in jail. The men, Andri Marlan Syahputra and Chairul Fuadi, were also found guilty of taking part in a shooting of a house rented by two US student teachers and a grenade attack at the United Nations office in the provincial capital. In separate trials, the court sentenced five men to jail terms of between five and seven years for attending the cell's training camp and possessing illegal firearms.
News On AIR | December 27, 2010 9:15 PM
Indonesian court jails seven for terrorism