Phil Britten, who was badly burned across 40 per cent of his body, is concerned Bashir will be going back into society and doing what he s always done , radicalise others. Over the years you have to learn to let go and let people deal with those matters, Britten told Sydney Morning Herald.
Bashir was released from prison on Friday when locals waited for his arrival at his Sukoharjo home
Police on motorcycles patrol the street on the day Bashir was released from his Bogor prison, in West Java
More than 200 people were killed, including 88 Australians, in the Bali Bombings in October 2002 (pictured, wreckage following 2002 Bali bombings)
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Abu Bakar Bashir, 82, once synonymous with militant Islam in the world s biggest Muslim majority nation and linked to the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, waves as he arrives back in his hometown of Sukoharjo January 8, 2021, after his release from prison. AFP pic
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SYDNEY, Jan 8 Families of 88 Australians killed in the 2002 Bali bombing will be distressed by the early release from prison today of the Indonesian Islamic cleric suspected to be the mastermind of the attack, said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Abu Bakar Bashir walked free from prison after serving 10 years of a 15-year sentence for establishing a militant training camp.
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SUKOHARJO, Indonesia (Reuters) -Indonesian Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, walked free from prison on Friday after serving 10 years for setting up a militant training camp.
Bashir, 82, who was never convicted of a direct role in the bombings, would enter a deradicalisation programme amid concerns over his continued influence in extremist circles, authorities said.
Photographs showed him dressed in white and wearing a mask as he left the prison in Bogor, south of the capital, Jakarta, before being driven to his home at an Islamic boarding school near the city of Solo in Central Java.