Bali bomb accused claims police torture

A man accused of last year’s Bali bombings told a court today that police had threatened him with torture unless he admitted he attended religious teachings by Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual head of terror group Jemaah Islamiyah.

Amrozi bin Nurhasyim also said he witnessed police torture his older brother Ali Guhfron, alias Mukhlas, who is also charged in connection with the October 12 blasts that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.