Posted on 02/21/2007 12:15:15 PM PST by Kitten Festival
Madrid, Feb 21 (EFE).- The presiding judge in the trial here of 29 people for Spain's worst-ever terrorist attack ordered one of the accused removed from the courtroom Wednesday for making faces during the testimony of another defendant.
"I am sick of his gestures," National Court magistrate Javier Gomez Bermudez said, referring to Rafa Zuhier, who was expressing displeasure over critical remarks about him from co-defendant Rachid "The Rabbit" Aglif.
Zuhier, a 27-year-old Moroccan, was later allowed to return to the bulletproof chamber within the courtroom from which he and 17 other defendants are observing the proceedings. The remaining 11 accused are sitting in open court.
Fifteen Moroccans, nine Spaniards, two Syrians, an Algerian, an Egyptian and a Lebanese national are charged with roles in the coordinated bombings of four Madrid commuter trains on March 11, 2004, that left 191 dead and more than 1,800 others injured.
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