(22 Jun 2018) The trial of Aman Abdurrahman, accused of being behind a series of terror attacks in Indonesia, resumed in Jakarta on Friday.
A panel of judges is scheduled to hand down the verdict to Abdurrahman, who police and prosecutors say is a key ideologue for Islamic State militants in the world's largest Muslim nation.
Last month, Indonesian prosecutors demanded the death penalty for the radical Islamic cleric who is accused of ordering attacks from prison, including a January 2016 suicide bombing and gun attack in the capital Jakarta that killed four civilians and four attackers.
Reflecting a dire lack of supervision of militants in Indonesia's overcrowded prisons, Abdurrahman was able to spread radicalism and communicate with his supporters on the outside through visitors and video calls, they say.
Authorities deployed dozens of elite counterterrorism and paramilitary police officers to guard Friday's verdict at the South Jakarta District Court following a wave of attacks by IS-inspired militants.
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