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Morocco sentences Swiss man to 10 years in jail for ‘terrorism’
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Moroccan court has sentenced a Swiss citizen tossed in the clinkDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in connection with the murder of two Scandinavian hikers to 10 years in prison on terrorism charges, his lawyer said Friday. Kahlil Idriss said the man, identified only as Nicolas P., 33, was convicted on Thursday in the city of Sale, near Rabat, in a case unrelated to the double murder. A dual Swiss-Spanish citizen was among more than 20 people arrested after Danish student Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland were found beheaded on December 17 in the High Atlas mountains south of Marrakesh. Nicolas P. was arrested in January for having had contact with the Swiss-Spanish national as well as compatriots with ties to Syria, Idriss said. He was found guilty of "forming a terrorist group". The lawyer said he has filed an appeal on the basis that his client had signed a police report in Arabic without having read it. So he's guilty of Felony Stupidity as well The accused told the court he had been paid by Switzerland  ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...’s secret services for making contact with Swiss terror suspects. Moroccan authorities allege the four main suspects in the hikers’ murders were sympathizers of the ISIS group but not in direct contact with ISIS members in Iraq or Syria.
Arrested on Dec. 29 in Marrakech, he was tried on charges of "forming a gang to plot and commit terrorist acts aiming at seriously undermining state security, intentionally helping the perpetrators of terrorist acts, training people to join terrorist organizations and apologia for terrorism," MAP said. The first instance verdict, which will likely be followed by an appeal, was separate from the case of a Swiss-Spanish national, identified by media as Kevin P. His lawyer, Saad Salhi, told Rooters his trial, as part of a group of 25 other suspects in the double murder, had not begun yet. Four main suspects pledged allegiance to Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... in a video made three days before the tourists’ bodies were found. Authorities described them after they were placed in durance vile Book 'im, Mahmoud! as "lone wolves" who had not coordinated the killings with Islamic State. Posted by: Fred 2019-04-13 |
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