Morocco: 13 Suspects Get Up to 20 Years in Prison on Terror Charges

(MENAFN- Morocco World News) The criminal court at the annexe of Salé's appeal court, in charge of terrorism affairs, gave on Thursday sentences ranging between two to 20 years in prison with no remission against 13 suspects sued on charges of terrorism.

The court handed verdicts of 20-year imprisonment with no remission against two suspects, of 12 years against one suspect and of 10 years against two other accused.

Three people were sentenced to 8 years in prison with no remission each, while three others were sentenced to four years imprisonment each, and two others to two years with no remission.

The accused are sued for forming a criminal gang to prepare and perpetrate terrorist acts as part of a collective project to seriously undermine public order, holding weapons contrary to the law, defending crimes, managing money to use it in terrorist acts, incitement of others, and providing financial support for terrorist acts.

Security services had dismantled, in April 2015, a cell operating in several Moroccan cities.

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