Man sentenced to death over Morocco blast

SALE, Morocco – A Moroccan judge sentenced Adel Othmani to death yesterday for plotting and carrying out an April 28th bomb attack…

SALE, Morocco – A Moroccan judge sentenced Adel Othmani to death yesterday for plotting and carrying out an April 28th bomb attack on a cafe in Marrakesh that killed 17 people, including eight French nationals.

The blasts were the deadliest in Morocco since co-ordinated suicide bombings carried out by Islamist militants in Casablanca in 2003. – (Reuters)

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