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Moroccan accused of aiding murder in September 11 attacks
Karlsruhe (Germany), Aug 29: A Moroccan man charged with links to the September 11 attacks on the United States is accused of at least 1,316 counts of aiding murder, federal prosecutor Kay Nehm said today.
Karlsruhe (Germany), Aug 29: A Moroccan man charged
with links to the September 11 attacks on the United States is
accused of at least 1,316 counts of aiding murder, federal
prosecutor Kay Nehm said today.
Giving details of the charges at a press conference in Karlsruhe, Nehm said Mounir el Motassadeq was accused of "participation in a terrorist organisation".
Nehm did not say when el Motassadeq, 28, would face trial.
Giving details of the charges at a press conference in Karlsruhe, Nehm said Mounir el Motassadeq was accused of "participation in a terrorist organisation".
Nehm did not say when el Motassadeq, 28, would face trial.
El Motassadeq was officially charged yesterday with
helping members of the Hamburg cell of the al Qaeda network,
blamed for hijacking four airliners and crashing them into
targets in the United States last year.
He is alleged to have managed an account at a Hamburg
bank for Marwan al Shehhi, from the United Arab Emirates, who
drew money to pay for trips to the united states and pilot
lessons there.
A suspected al Qaeda member, el Motassadeq shared an
apartment in Hamburg with al Shehhi and the Egyptian Mohammad
Atta, who is believed to have been the mastermind behind the
attacks.
Bureau Report