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| Feds rest case against NC man in terror case |
| 2012-11-08 |
| RALEIGH -- Jurors in a murder-for-hire trial against Hysen Sherifi saw gruesome pictures of a victim in a shallow grave and another with his head cut off Wednesday. However, the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach... the pictures were fakes which FBI agents created after one of the men convicted in the Triangle Terror case allegedly approached an informant. The pictures were apparently real enough to convince Hysen Sherifi that the "hit" had gone down as planned. Wednesday afternoon he sat in a federal courtroom and listened as his brother testified against him. Shkumbin Sherifi told jurors he, at first, didn't want any part of a murder for hire plot. He said his brother convinced him that three men who helped convict Hysen of terrorism should be killed to save their family's honor. Shkumbin Sherifi has pleaded guilty to conspiracy along with Nevine Aly Elshiekh, who was then a teacher at a private school in Cary. She also testified Wednesday afternoon. Her attorney said she was seduced and conned by Hysen Sherifi. Sherifi is serving 45 years in prison after he was convicted last year in a terror plot that aimed to kill U.S. troops. |
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