Paris: Three on trial for Tunisian bombing

Paris: Three on trial for Tunisian bombing

Three men suspected of being behind the bombing of a synagogue in Tunesia almost seven years ago have gone on trial in Paris. Among those on trial is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The Pakistani national, who is believed to have been one of the masterminds behind the September 11 attacks in the United States, is being tried in absentia, as he is being held in at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay. Also on trial is the brother of the suicide bomber who carried out the attack on the island of Djerba in April of 2002, killing 21 people.  A German convert to Islam, who spent time in Afghanistan and is believed to have been an advisor to Osama bin Laden is to face charges of helping to prepare the attack.

Source: DW-World (English)

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