INDONESIA. PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR MCDONALD BOMBER
Indonesian prosecutors recommended the death penalty for Agung Abdul Hamid for masterminding a bomb attack on a McDonald restaurant in South Sulawesi province that killed three people, including a suicide bomber.
Indonesian prosecutors recommended the death penalty for Agung Abdul Hamid for masterminding a bomb attack on a McDonald restaurant in South Sulawesi province that killed three people, including a suicide bomber. Agung was accused of plotting the attack and illegally possessing guns and three bags of potassium, prosecutors told the panel judge in a district court in Makassar, capital of the province.
"There are no mitigating factors," prosecutor head Muhammad Taufik was quoted by the Detikcom on-line news service as saying.
Besides the McDonald restaurant, the December 2002 attacks also targeted a car dealership in the South Sulawesi town of Bone, no one was injured in the separate attack.
"There are no mitigating factors," prosecutor head Muhammad Taufik was quoted by the Detikcom on-line news service as saying.
Besides the McDonald restaurant, the December 2002 attacks also targeted a car dealership in the South Sulawesi town of Bone, no one was injured in the separate attack.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Xinhuanet, 21/07/2005)