Radical Indonesian Cleric Gets Death Sentence for 2016 Terror Attacks

Radical cleric Aman Abdurrahman was sentenced to death Friday by an Indonesian court for ordering 2016 terrorist attacks that included a suicide bombing at a Starbucks in the capital of Jakarta. The attacks were carried out by Islamic State-affiliated militants. Four people were killed in the Starbucks bombing, the first attack claimed by IS in Southeast Asia. Abdurrahman, who authorities describe as a key ideologue for IS militants in the world's largest Muslim nation, kneeled...

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