Terrorist group members sentenced in Belgium

A Brussels court sentenced two main suspects of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group to 7 years. Four others from the group got 5-6 years. This was less than the prosecution demanded, but according to the judge there was only evidence that they belonged to a terrorist group.

Most suspects had been arrested two years ago in Maaseik en Brussels. Thirteen people were accused of helping a terrorist organization.

The group did not plan terror attacks in Belgium, but was involved in terror attacks in other countries such as the Madrid and Casablanca bombings. Fingerprints of one of the suspects in the Madrid bombing had been found in an apartment in Brussels.

Source: VRT (Dutch)

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