Mauritania sentences 5 al-Qaeda terrorists, including woman
2008-11-24
Five terrorists convicted of belonging to al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb were sentenced to prison by a Mauritanian court on Sunday (November 23rd), local and international press reported. Abdellahi Ould El Moctar, Hakim Mohamed Ould M'Bareck and Ahmed Ould Hadi, who received 10-year sentences from the Nouakchott court, had been extradited from Mali to stand trial. Teyib Ould Salek received 5 years in prison for recruiting terrorists and financing terrorist acts. His wife was sentenced to 2 years for supporting her husband's activities. The sentences are reportedly the toughest handed down since the introduction of anti-terrorism legislation in Mauritania 3 years ago.
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