- Jamal Zougam
Jamal Zougam (born 1973 in
Morocco ) was one of six men implicated in the11 March 2004 Madrid Train Bombings. [cite web
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3515790.stm
title = Jamal Zougam: Madrid bomb suspect
publisher =BBC
date =March 18 ,2004
accessdate = 2007-11-01] He was detained on13 March 2004 , accused of multiple counts of murder, attempted murder, stealing a vehicle, belonging to a terrorist organisation and four counts of carrying out terrorist acts.Spain's "
El País " newspaper says three witnesses have testified to seeing him leave a rucksack aboard one of the bombed trains.Zougam owned a mobile phone shop in the Lavapiés neighborhood in
Madrid called "Nuevo Siglo" ("The New Century"). He is believed to be the person who sold telephones which were used to detonate the bombs from the bombings.cite web
url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,,2202754,00.html
title = Mass murderers jailed for 40 years as judge delivers verdicts on Spain's 9/11
publisher =The Guardian
date =November 1 ,2007
accessdate = 2007-11-01] He also reportedly helped construct the bombs [cite web
url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1170380,00.html
title = Six Moroccans suspected of Madrid attacks
publisher =The Guardian
date =March 16 ,2004
accessdate = 2007-11-01] and was one of the first to be arrested. [cite web
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4600967.stm
title = Madrid suspect heard in 9/11 case
publisher =BBC
date =June 1 ,2005
accessdate = 2007-11-01]On October 31st, 2007 he was convicted of 191 charges of murder and 1,856 charges of attempted murder, and received a sentence of 42,922 years in prison.
References
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3560603.stm Madrid bombing suspects] . BBC.
* [http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/warwithoutborders/bombing.html The Madrid Bombing] . CBC.
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