The bomber and his bride: Chilling smile of Al Qaeda mastermind behind Bali bombings' as he is paraded with his wife
With a sinister grin and his arm around his wife, this is the chilling face of the alleged mastermind behind the Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people nine years ago.Umar Patek, 41, took part in a police reconstruction at the scene of the 2002 bombings on the resort island of Bali along with his wife Ruqayyah binti Husein Luceno.
A suspected member of the Al Qaeda-linked terror network Jemaah Islamiyah, Patek is set to be charged with premeditated murder in relation to the 202 victims, mostly Western tourists, killed at the Sari Club in the Kuta tourist district.
Stare: Umar Patek, said to have built the explosives used in the Bali bombings in 2002, takes part in a reconstruction of the attacks with his wife Ruqayyah
Armed guard: Patek and his wife are followed closely by police officers carrying weapons during the reconstruction in Jakarta, Indonesia
Four months later, the Al Qaeda leader was killed after U.S. Navy Seals stormed the compound in a secret operation.
Patek assembled the explosives used in the Bali attack and has also confessed to carrying out a series of church bombings in Indonesia on Christmas Eve 2000, police said.
In an interview with the Jakarta Globe newspaper last week, Patek reportedly said he had recommended that jihad be waged in Pakistan instead of Bali.
He told the paper: 'I was just making a recommendation because at that point the preparations for the Bali bombing were almost done and there was no way it would have been called off.'
Terrorist attack: Police inspect the ruins of the Sari nightclub in Denpasar, Bali, after two bombs - one in a backpack and one in a car - were detonated on October 13, 2002
Horrific: The nightclub was packed with tourists when the powerful explosives went off. Patek went on the run and was only captured in January after travelling to Pakistan to meet with Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden
Some 26 Britons and 88 Australians were among the 202 people killed in the attacks in October 2002.
After the attacks, Patek went on the run as one of Asia's most wanted terror suspects and had a $1million bounty on his head under the U.S. rewards for justice programme.
Loss: The memorial on Horse Guards Road, London, to the British victims in the Bali bombings. 26 Britons were among the 202 killed in the terrorist attack
Luceno has also gone on trial over charges of immigration violations.
The 31-year-old Philippine national could face up to seven years in prison if found guilty.
A state prosecutor told the East Jakarta District Court on Monday that Luceno had used a false identity card to get an Indonesian passport so she could accompany her husband as they travelled abroad.
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