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JAKARTA - Three Muslim men have been charged in connection with the beheading of three Christian school girls last year in an Indonesian province fraught with sectarian tension, and face possible death sentences if convicted, their lawyer said Friday. The three men — Hasanuddin, Lilik Purnomo and Irwanto Irano — are being charged under Indonesia's harsh anti-terrorism law for their roles in the deaths of three girls and the injuring of a fourth in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province, a statement from the Attorney General's Office said.
"Hasanuddin is also accused as the planner or motivator, and faces a maximum penalty of death," said Muanas, a lawyer with the men's defense team. The other two men also face the death penalty if convicted.
Sulawesi witnessed fierce gunbattles between Christians and Muslims from 1998 to 2002 that left at least 1,000 people from both faiths dead. A peace agreement ended the worst of the violence, but tensions flared anew after the execution last month of three Roman Catholic militants convicted of leading a 2000 attack on an Islamic school that killed at least 70 people.
Critics say the men did not get a fair trial and allege that religion played a role in their sentencing, noting that only a handful of Muslims were punished, and none given more than 15 years in jail. In weeks following the executions, mobs killed two Muslim traders and a prominent Christian priest and at least seven bombs went off in Poso and nearby Palu, none of them deadly.
Muanas said his clients would be tried by a panel of three judges in the Indonesian capital, but that no date has been set. "Hopefully we will be notified next week," he said.
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