Indonesia jails man for extremist attack plot
22 Jan 2014 6:24 AM IST
Sigit Indrajid confessed at an earlier hearing to leading a group which planned to attack the mission in Jakarta to avenge the killing of minority Rohingya Muslims in mainly Buddhist Myanmar.
The plight of the Rohingya, many of whom have been killed or displaced in sectarian unrest in Myanmar, has caused widespread anger in Muslim-majority Indonesia.
The plan was foiled on 2 May, 2013 when police caught two of the plotters riding a motorbike in the capital, and one of them was found to be carrying a backpack full of pipe-bombs.
The plight of the Rohingya, many of whom have been killed or displaced in sectarian unrest in Myanmar, has caused widespread anger in Muslim-majority Indonesia.
The plan was foiled on 2 May, 2013 when police caught two of the plotters riding a motorbike in the capital, and one of them was found to be carrying a backpack full of pipe-bombs.
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