KUALA LUMPUR: Hambali, the “Osama bin Laden” of the East and the alleged mastermind behind several bombings in Indonesia and Manila, was captured in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on Monday.
The 36-year-old Indonesian preacher who has been on the run for more than two years and recently accused of masterminding the Oct 12 Bali bombings and the Aug 5 J.W. Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta, was arrested together with his Sabahan wife. (More than 210 people were killed in the two bomb blasts.)