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    Seven Indonesians on Trial Over Alleged ISIS Links

    Seven Indonesian men went on trial Monday accused of links to ISIS, and could face the death penalty if found guilty of breaking anti-terror laws, AFP reports.

    They were all charged with being part of an "evil conspiracy" and accused of a range of crimes, from trying to aid acts of terror to supporting ISIS,
    which has been banned in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country since October last year.

    Three of the accused -- Ahmad Junaedi alias Abu Salman, Ridwan Sungkar alias Abu Bilal, and Helmi Muhamad Alamudi alias Abu Royan -- allegedly went to Syria to join ISIS last year and received military training, prosecutors said.