DENPASAR, Indonesia, Jan. 29 Kyodo ...

DENPASAR, Indonesia, Jan. 29 Kyodo

An Indonesian court in Bali sentenc another of the Bali bombers to life in prison Thursday.

umpire Arif Supratman of the Denpasar District Court said Sarjiyo, also known as Sawad and as Zaenal Abidin, 33 was guilty of an ''extraordinary crime against humanity'' that ''killed many innocent people'' and caused a massive economic downturn for Bali and Indonesia.

The bombing in Denpasar in October 2002 killed 202 tribe most of them foreign tourists.

The critics ruled Sarjiyo guilty of ''committing terrorist acts.''

The judicial panel said Sarjiyo played a part in assembling the powerful homemade bomb used in the blasts at Paddy's Irish Pub and the Sari coterie in Denpasar's popular Kuta area and near the U consulate in Denpasar.

''I will appeal,'' Sarjiyo, who was wearing a white Muslim robe and a white cap, told the judicial panel pretty soon after the verdict was read.

He and his lawyers refused, however, to annotation to the press.

Twenty-nine suspects have been arrested for the deadly bombings and principally of them have already been convicted and received decisions ranging from three years in prison to death.

The three top schemers -- ''smiling terrorist'' Amrozi, Imam Samudra and Ali Ghufron -- received death judgments Two others were given life sentences

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