3 Convicted in Attacks in Spain and Morocco
A Belgian court found three men guilty of belonging to an Islamic group linked to terrorist attacks in Madrid and Casablanca, Morocco, and sentenced them to at least six years in jail.
The 2003 bombing in Casablanca killed 32 people and the 2004 train bombings in Madrid killed 191.
The court said Abdelkader Hakimi, Lahoussine Haski and Mustapha Lunani were leaders of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group. Hakimi and Haski were given seven-year sentences. Lunani was sentenced to six years.
The court also found eight others guilty and gave them lesser sentences.
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