Morocco began putting on trial 700 suspected Islamist radicals yesterday for suicide bombings which killed 44 people, including 12 bombers, in Casablanca two months ago. The first 52 appeared at a Casablanca court on charges of “forming a criminal band, acts against the security of the state, sabotage, homicide, and causing injuries”. Defendants lined up behind a bulletproof glass shield and a metal detector in the courtroom. The first called was Mohammed el Osmani, 24, a night-watchman who allegedly was meant to be a 13th bomber but who lost his nerve shortly before his colleagues blew themselves up at hotels, clubs and restaurants. Full Story
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