The alleged head of the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Bakar Bashir is being released from prison on Wednesday, a move that will likely energise Indonesia’s radical fringe but not directly lead to a heightened risk of more attacks, experts said. He walks from Jakarta’s Cipinang prison after serving 26 months for giving his blessing to the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people. The US and Australia have long maintained Bashir was responsible for a series of terrorist attacks in Indonesia.
