A RADICAL cleric linked to the deadly Bali bombings was freed from prison, Indonesian authorities said, stirring grief and anger among victims nearly 20 years after Indonesia’s worst terror attack.
Abu Bakar Bashir, 82, is considered the spiritual leader of militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the network responsible for the 2002 Bali terror attack that killed more than 200 people, most of them foreign tourists.
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