Indonesia Frees Radical Cleric Accused Of Links To ’02 Bali Bombings

By Kusumasari Ayuningtyas and Ronna Nirmala

Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, a co-founder of the group blamed for Indonesia’s deadliest terrorist attack, returned home to his Islamic boarding school in Central Java upon being freed Friday after almost a decade behind bars on militancy-related charges.

The former spiritual...