JAKARTA, July 31 (UPI) -- An Islamic militant testifying at the trial in last October's Bali bombing says the al-Qaida terrorist network financed the attack.
The testimony is the first linking al-Qaida directly to the bombing, in which 202 people were killed, Voice of America reported Thursday.
Islamic militant Wan Min Wan Mat says he handed over more than $35,000 to one of the suspects in the Bali bombing, money that he was told came from the terrorist group.
Wan Min Wan Mat is in prison in Malaysia for alleged terrorist activities. He testified via videophone in the trial of Ali Ghufron, one of the major suspects in the bombing.
The witness said he gave Ghufron the money in three installments while both men were in Thailand last year. He said Ghufron told him the money had come from al-Qaida, although he could not confirm this because he was, in his words, "just the deliveryman."
