Posted on 10/29/2011 11:34:44 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
A Moroccan court found on Friday the chief suspect guilty in the April 28 bombing of a Marrakesh café and sentenced him to death, The Associated Press reported.
17 people were killed in that terror attack, including Israeli citizen Michal Weitzmann Zikri and her husband Masoud Zikri, a native of Morocco. The two were in the country to celebrate Passover with Masouds family.
They were survived by their two-year-old son, who was with his grandparents at the time of the attack. Michal was six months pregnant when she was killed.
Prosecutors had accused Adel al-Othmani of dressing like a tourist and planting the bomb in the Argana café, then setting it off with his mobile phone. He was convicted of premeditated murder and building explosives, among other charges, AP noted.
The court handed down a life prison term an associate of al-Othmani, Hakim Dah. Four other defendants who had knowledge of the attack were given four-year terms, while three others were given two-year prison terms.
According to AP, al-Othmanis brother screamed after the verdict was announced, Morocco is a country that kills, it wants to kill my brother.
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All the other guys were guilty and should be executed as well.
In the U.S. they would have been jobs with the Department of Homeland Security, or INS.
Just for background, I wonder about the method of execution in Morocco and how long between sentencing and execution typically.
I hope we find out soon.
17 people were killed in that terror attack, including Israeli citizen Michal Weitzmann Zikri and her husband Masoud Zikri, a native of Morocco. The two were in the country to celebrate Passover with Masoud's family. They were survived by their two-year-old son, who was with his grandparents at the time of the attack. Michal was six months pregnant when she was killed.So, when does NATO attack? Y'know, because the EU is dead set against the death penalty, and will kill as many as necessary to make Islamic hell-holes safe for shariah law and summary, extrajudicial murders.
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