Indonesian police arrest suspected leader of group behind Bali bombing

Jakarta police say man believed to be head of Jemaah Islamiah was detained on outskirts of capital

Indonesian police say they have arrested the leader of Al Qaeda-linked extremist network Jemaah Islamiah (JI), which carried out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people.

Para Wijayanto was detained by counterterrorism police with his wife on Saturday at a hotel in Bekasi, a city on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, the national police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo said.

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