Trial of accused Bali bomber to start next week

A trial on terrorism charges has been scheduled to start Monday for an Indonesian man accused of making the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings.

West Jakarta District Court spokesman Mirdi Alamsyah said Thursday the trial of Umar Patek will be presided over by the court's chief Lexsy Mamoto.

Patek was arrested Jan. 25 last year in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. commandos four months later.

Indonesian officials say Patek confessed to being a key participant in the bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali. Southeast Asia's deadliest terror attack killed 202 people.

They say he also admitted to making the bombs used in Christmas Eve attacks on churches in 2000 that killed 19 people.

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