Madrid Bombers Get 40 000 Years in Jail

World | October 31, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00
Bulgaria: Madrid Bombers Get 40 000 Years in Jail A Spanish court has delivered guilty verdicts on four of the leading defendants over the Madrid train bombings of March 2004, which killed 191 people and injured 1,841. Photo by WN

A Spanish court has delivered guilty verdicts on four of the leading defendants over the Madrid train bombings of March 2004, BBC reported.

Moroccan Jamal Zougam and Spaniard Emilio Trashorras were among those found guilty of murder.

But Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, one of the accused masterminds, was acquitted.

Twenty-eight people faced trial over the devastating nail-bomb blasts that hit four commuter trains, killing 191 people and injuring more than 1,800.

All the accused pleaded innocent during the four-month trial.

There were 28 defendants, 27 men and one woman, 19 mostly Moroccan Arabs and nine Spaniards, who faced charges including murder, forgery and conspiracy to commit a terrorist attack.

Four men were found guilty of planning and carrying out the attacks and given 30 years for each of the 191 people killed and 18 years for each of the 1,841 injured.

BBC commented that the terms were largely symbolic as under Spanish law the maximum term that can be served is 40 years.

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