Bomb-maker jailed over embassy plot


Indonesian Separiano alias Mambo (C) is guarded by a policeman (R) after his trial at the South Jakarta court in Jakarta on January 23, 2014. An Indonesian court on January 23 jailed Islamic extremist bomb-maker Separiano for seven-and-half years for his role in a plot to attack the Myanmar embassy to avenge the killing of Rohingya Muslims. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

JAKARTA: An Indonesian court jailed an extremist bomb-maker for seven-and-a-half years for his role in a plot to attack the Myanmar embassy to avenge the killing of Rohingya Muslims.

Separiano is the fourth person to be jailed over the failed plot to bomb the mission in Jakarta, which came amid rising anger in Muslim-majority Indonesia at the plight of the Rohingya in mainly Buddhist Myanmar.

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