Algeria to begin April 11 twin bomb trial; Morocco arraigns terror network suspects
2009-10-16
The April 11, 2007 suicide bombings are among 57 terrorism cases on the docket for the new Court of Algiers session on Sunday (October 18th), APS reported. At least 80 people were killed by the car bomb explosions at the Government Palace in Algiers and a police station in Bab Ezzouar. Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the attacks.
In separate criminal court proceedings in Morocco, three suspected members of a terrorist recruiting network were arraigned on Thursday (October 15th), bringing the number of defendants in the case to 28, MAP reported. Last month, Moroccan authorities dismantled a terrorist network that allegedly recruited suicide bombers and guerrilla fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq, Somalia and Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, another terrorism-recruiting trial in Tunisia on Friday resulted in sentences of up to six years for nine men. The defendants were convicted of trying to join al-Qaeda fighters in Iraq, Reuters quoted defence lawyer Samir Ben Amor as saying. No further information was released.
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