Algerian convicted in Paris metro bombings loses French appeal
2009-10-14
A French appellate court on Tuesday (October 13th) upheld the life sentence for the Algerian terrorist who planned the deadly 1995 Paris metro bombings, international press reported. Rachid Ramda, 40, spent more than a decade in Britain under political asylum before he was extradited to France in 2007. He has always denied his involvement in financing the attacks on behalf of Algeria's Armed Islamic Group (GIA).
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