Judges today sentenced an Islamic militant to eight years in prison for harbouring the alleged mastermind of last year’s suicide bombings on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali – the first verdict in the terrorist attack.

Seven suspected Islamic terrorists have confessed to beheading three Christian schoolgirls on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, police said today.

Four suspected Islamic militants went on trial today for their alleged roles in last year’s suicide bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, attacks a prosecutor said were aimed at avenging Muslims’ deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Indonesian police today announced the arrest of a suspect who had ties to one of Asia’s most-wanted men and was providing authorities with information on the fugitive’s whereabouts.

Police investigating the deadly suicide attack on Australia’s embassy in Jakarta have found the chassis number of the van that carried the bomb, a key piece of evidence in their hunt for the killers.