A Moroccan court sentenced a former Spanish soldier to eight years in jail on Friday on charges of leading an Islamist network in the kingdom that was plotting terror attacks, the state news agency MAP said. The Spaniard was only identified by his initials -- J.F. He was arrested in January 2014 and the Interior Ministry said at the time that he had served in Melilla, a tiny Spanish enclave on the Morocco's Mediterranean coast. ** further details emerged from the trial and it was **t clear if his organisation was affiliated to any particular Islamist group. On Thursday, the Interior Ministry said it had arrested three men seeking to join groups loyal to the Islamic State in Libya.
02-23-2015, 07:12 PM
Moroccan court jails former Spanish soldier, 17 others on terror charges
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