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| Moroccan jailed for Madrid bombings |
| 2008-12-20 |
| (SomaliNet) A court in Morocco has jailed a Moroccan man to 20 years in prison for links to the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people. He was found guilty of forming a criminal gang and a series of terrorism-related charges. He was arrested in Syria and transferred to Morocco, where he was acquitted in 2007 for lack of evidence. He was detained again in February after Spanish investigators produced new evidence. Spain had requested his extradition but Rabat never hands over Moroccan suspects. It is the first time a court in Morocco has tried a Moroccan citizen for offences committed abroad. |
| Posted by:Fred |