NICOSIA – A court in Cyprus has remanded two men in custody on suspicion of snatching the corpse of former president Tassos Papadopoulos, holding it for ransom for three months until its discovery in another cemetery on Monday.
The men, a migrant from India and a Greek Cypriot, are suspected of being behind the crime, for which one of them received just €200 for helping the other suspect, a court heard. – (Reuters)
Indonesian security forces have shot and killed the alleged mastermind of the Bali bombings during a police raid near Jakarta, in what
Indonesian authorities claim as a major success for their fight against Islamist militants, writes Clifford Coonan.
Dulmatin, one of the most wanted militants in what is the world’s most populous Muslim country, was one of three killed in a shoot-out with police at an internet cafe and a nearby house, Indonesia’s president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced yesterday during a visit to Australia. “Today I can announce to you that after a successful police raid against the terrorists hiding out in Jakarta yesterday, we can confirm that one of those that was killed was Dulmatin, one of the top southeast Asian terrorists,” Mr Yudhoyono said.