An Indonesian court has sentenced Umar Patek to 20 years in prison for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings.The sentence was issued after the judges read out hundreds pages of indictment documents against Patek in the West Jakarta state court.

Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Umar Patek, who was accused of illegal weapons possession, concealing terrorist acts, immigration violations and premeditated murder in the bombings that killed 202 people in October 2002.

The 42-year-old was a leading figure in the terror organization of Jamaah Islam-iyah. He was arrested in January last year in the Pakistani town of Abotta-bad, the same city where Al Qaida leader Osama bin laden was killed by U.S. forces. Patek was extradited to Indonesia last August.

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