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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

UNCOVERED: Indonesia releases bombmaker in bali attacks on parole - The Untold Story

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Indonesia has sparked outrage after releasing a convicted terrorist and the primary bombmaker for the deadly 2002 Bali bombings after he served just half of his original 20-year prison sentence.

Umar Patek, a leading member of the Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah, was sentenced to 20 years in jail in 2012 after being found guilty of making a car bomb that ripped through two Bali nightclubs.

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