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| 24 Charged For Casablanca Atttacks |
| 2007-03-28 |
| Rabat, 28 March (AKI) - Prosecutors in Algeria have charged 24 people in connection with a suicide bombing in an Internet cafe Casablanca on 11 March which the bomber was killed and his alleged accomplice injured. According to investigators the suicide bomber Abdelfettah al-Raydi, prematurely detonated the explosives he was carrying strapped in a belt. The blast went off while al-Raydi was involved in an argument with owner of the cafe located in Casablanca's Sidi Mumin district. Al-Rayadi's allleged accomplice, Youssef Khoudri, who was injured in the blast, is among the 24 suspects, the Internet portal Moheet reported Wednesday. All 24 suspects are currently in detention for "forming a crimininal gang with the intention to commit terrorist acts, to have threatened the security of the State and to have held illegal meetings," according to the charge sheet against them. Authorities believe that the group was planning attacks against Western ships moored at popular tourism spots such Casablanca, Agadir, Marakesh and Eassaouira. |
| Posted by:Steve |