Police to question Bashir about bombings

Police in Indonesia today said it could be days before they can question an ailing Muslim cleric over a string of deadly church bombings and his alleged links to a regional terrorist network.

Detectives had hoped to interrogate Abu Bakar Bashir, who is now in a police hospital in Jakarta, as early as today about allegations that he is the spiritual leader of the extremist network known as Jemaah Islamiyah.