Massive security for Indonesian Islamist's trial

Indonesia will deploy 1,200 police at today's trial of radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who is facing the death penalty for terrorism charges.
The 72-year-old bespectacled cleric is accused of seven counts of terrorism related to a paramilitary training camp that was discovered last February in Aceh province, court official Supriyantorro said.
Hundreds of Bashir's supporters are expected to rally outside the trial, which gets under way as Indonesia tries to contain a spate of religious violence that has left three people dead and several churches badly damaged.
"Around 1,200 police officers have been readied to go to South Jakarta," police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said, referring to the district court in the capital where the trial will take place.
"We hope their presence will provide a guarantee for the judges to conduct the trial as best as possible. We hope their presence can deal with whatever situation that might arise, inside or outside the court."
Bashir's charges include "mobilising people for acts of terror", which carries the death sentence, and financing Islamist militants.
Police have said the group was training to carry out Mumbai-style attacks on Western targets and political figures in Jakarta.