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.

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.

A video found in the hideout of one of Asia’s most wanted militants shows a masked man threatening attacks against the US, Britain and Australia.

A video found in a terrorist hideout gives step-by-step instructions on how to make bombs, an indication that the extremist threat in Indonesia did not end with the death last week of one of Asia’s most-wanted militants.

Police took to the air over the weekend to press the search for the suspected masterminds of the Bali terror bombings, using a helicopter to scatter pictures of the fugitives on another island where at least one of them was thought to be hiding.

The investigation into the Bali terrorist attacks gathered pace today after police said that one of the alleged masterminds narrowly escaped capture in a raid and that they were closer to identifying the suicide bombers.

NEW terror fears gripped Asia yesterday, sparking security scares at embassies and travel alerts, but Indonesia shrugged off calls to outlaw the elusive militant group suspected in deadly suicide bombings on Bali island.

New terror fears gripped Asia today, sparking security scares at embassies and travel alerts, but Indonesia shrugged off calls to outlaw the elusive militant group suspected in deadly suicide bombings on Bali island.

Investigators hunted today for the two suspected masterminds of suicide bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, as Southeast Asian nations went on high alert to prevent a repeat of the weekend attacks.

‘DEMOLITION Man’ and ‘Moneyman’ are suspected of being the masterminds behind the latest Bali bombings.

Indonesian prosecutors today asked for the death sentence for one of the Australian Embassy bombers, saying he was a key planner in the attack that killed 11 people who showed no remorse for his actions.

Two bombs exploded Saturday at a busy market in central Indonesia, killing at least 20 people and wounding 40 others in a volatile area marred by years of inter-religious fighting, a police official said.

Police have arrested the wife of one of Southeast Asia’s most wanted terror suspects and plan to charge her in connection with last year’s suicide bombing at the Marriott hotel in the Indonesian capital, police said today.

Indonesian police have detained at least seven people including a would-be suicide bomber over possible links with the suspected masterminds of last week’s deadly bombing at the Australian Embassy.

A bomb attack near the Australian Embassy in Indonesia today in which at least seven people were killed may have been the work of a British-trained engineer who has eluded capture for nearly three years, Malaysian security officials said.