Militant Handed 12-Year Sentence for Attempt on Wiranto's Life

They also listened to speeches by jailed cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the firebrand who inspired the 2002 Bali bombings, and Aman Abdurrahman. The latter is the mastermind of a 2016 terrorist attack in Jakarta.

But prosecutors said Syahrial’s attack on Wiranto was done spontaneously.

“[Syahrial] and his family thought a police helicopter flying over the town of Menes, where the defendant lived, is meant to arrest him,” said Herry.

“Their fear is based on the arrest of a fellow JAD militant in Bekasi by the Densus 88 counterterrorist police the previous month, in September 2019.”

Expressing remorse

Syahrial has apologized to Wiranto’s aide Ahmad Fuad Syauqi, whom he wounded as the-then minister’s security detail seized him, and others injured in the attack.

Syahrial stabbed Wiranto as the latter arrived in Pandeglang for the grand opening of the Mathla’ul Anwar University on October 10, 2019. The former four-star general suffered serious internal injuries, but survived.

(Writer: Jimmy Ramadhan Azhari/Editor: Sabrina Asril)

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https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2020/06/26/05150091/divonis-12-tahun-penjara-ini-sosok-abu-rara-dan-motifnya-menusuk-wiranto?page=all#page2.