Anger as Bali bomber receives early release

RELATIVES of victims of the 2002 Bali bombings yesterday said they were “deeply alarmed and distressed” Indonesia had cut the sentences of 12 people jailed over the attacks.

One Islamic militant convicted for his part in the nightclub bombings — which killed 202 people — walked free yesterday after having his prison term cut by four months.

The reduction of the sentences to mark Indonesia’s Independence Day, in line with local tradition, provoked an angry reaction from families of those murdered in the suicide attacks.