A Tunisian teenager went on trial on Friday charged with belonging to an Islamic militant group that was allegedly preparing bomb attacks, lawyers said. Six other men arrested along with the 19-year-old student were sentenced to 19 years and three months jail earlier this month for belonging to the unnamed militant group, manufacturing explosives and preparing bomb attacks, lawyers said. The seven were arrested 15 months ago in an Internet cafe as they were browsing radical Islamist websites in the coastal city of Zarzis, 380 km (240 miles) south of Tunis. A government official said the seven admitted their plot.
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"Members of the group admitted... their role in plotting to perpetrate armed attacks against persons and property. Planned attacks included a Bazooka rocket attack against the maritime National Guard station in Zarzis," a government official said. |