INDONESIAN CLERIC IN TERROR ARREST
Baku, August 9 (AZERTAC). Indonesian police have arrested the radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba`asyir on terror charges.
Officials say he has links to an Islamic militant training camp in Aceh, uncovered by police in February.
Mr Ba`asyir, 71, served more than two years for conspiracy over the 2002 Bali bombings, in which 202 people died. He was cleared and released in 2006.
He has been accused of giving spiritual leadership to the al-Qaeda linked group Jemaah Islamiah - a claim he denies.
Mr Ba`asyir was arrested in West Java by anti-terror police but has not yet been formally charged. Under Indonesia`s anti-terror laws police can question him for up to a week without filing charges.
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