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| Briton convicted in case linked to Brussels, Paris bombings |
| 2016-12-08 |
| [IsraelTimes] Zakaria Boufassil found guilty of providing funds to suspected terrorist in IS-related attacks that killed 136. A British man was found guilty Tuesday of providing cash to a key suspect in the deadly Brussels and Gay Paree bombings in a case that linked England to the 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.... group attacks in Europe. Zakaria Boufassil was convicted of "engaging in conduct in preparation of acts of terrorism" by providing £3,000 ($3,700) to bombing suspect Mohammed Abrini at a secret meeting in Birmingham, England. Abrini is the "man in the hat" seen on video footage moments before the March 22 bombings at the Brussels airport that killed 16 people. He also is wanted in the multiple attacks in Gay Paree on Nov. 13, 2015 that claimed 130 victims. Boufassil, 26, and accomplice Mohammed Ali Ahmed, 27, who earlier pleaded guilty, could face life imprisonment when they are sentenced in Kingston Crown Court next week. West Midlands Police Assistant Chief Marcus Beale said the conviction was important because the money transfer "identified a dangerous link" to Abrini. Prosecutors said Abrini visited England in July 2015 and received the cash from Boufassil at a Birmingham park. Boufassil acknowledged meeting Abrini in the park, but said the encounter had nothing to do with extremism. During his trial, he told the court he was a marijuana user who practiced a "moderate and tolerant" form of Islam. He condemned Islamic State Lions of Islam as "worse than animals." But a jury believed prosecutors’ claims that Boufassil knowingly provided the money to support Lion of Islam attacks. Prosecutor Max Hill said there is "no doubt" the money -- from a bank account that included overpaid public housing benefits -- was given to Abrini to assist acts of terrorism. |
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