During the 3rd appeal hearing on Wednesday, September 18, at the Criminal Court of Appeal in Salé, the 24 defendants in the case of the murder of the two Scandinavian tourists in the Imlil region, the three main defendants say they have no regrets about their murderous act.
The 24 accused in the murder of the two Scandinavian tourists in the Imlil region (El Haouz province) were, on Wednesday, September 11, before the Criminal Chamber in charge of Terrorism Cases near the annex of the Court of Appeal in Salé. On the agenda of this second hearing, the preliminary requests that will be examined at the next hearing scheduled for September 18.
Convicted at first instance to heavy sentences, including three death sentences against the perpetrators of this crime described as "terrorist", the 24 criminals involved in the murder of two Scandinavian tourists were again before the Anti-Terrorism Tribunal of Salé on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. The appeal trial of these terrorists was postponed immediately after it opened.
The 24 convicted at first instance on July 18, 2019, in the so-called terrorist act trial of Imlil, are expected before the Court of Appeal on August 28.
Khalid Fettaoui, the lawyer for the Danish victim, believes that the Criminal Chamber in charge of Terrorism Cases at the Annexe of the Court of Appeal in Salé has handed down "fair and equitable" sanctions against the accused in the case of the murder of two Scandinavian tourists in the Imlil region (El-Haouz province).
Since Thursday, July 18, 2019, the verdict has been handed down in the trial of the murder of two Scandinavian tourists at the end of 2018. Among the 24 individuals apprehended, the three Moroccan masterminds of the crime, who had declared to have acted in the name of the "Islamic State" (IS) group, are sentenced to death, while a Genevan, Kevin Zoller Guervos, who played important roles in this crime, is sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Sentences ranging up to the death penalty have been handed down against the accused of the murder of the two young Scandinavian tourists, in December 2018, in the Imlil region.
Prosecuted for "apology for terrorism", "premeditated attack on the lives of persons" and "formation of a terrorist gang", the 24 accused in the murder of the two Scandinavians are to begin their final day in court today.
The three accused in the case of the murder of two Scandinavian tourists, in the name of the jihadist group, Islamic State (IS), have been sentenced to death. The three "bloodthirsty monsters" were sentenced at the end of the trial before the Anti-Terrorism Court in Salé, near Rabat.
The 24 accused in the case of the murder of the two Scandinavian tourists were at the bar yesterday, Friday, June 14. They were questioned by the Judge for the fourth hearing, at the Salé Court.
Yesterday, Thursday, May 30, at the resumption of his trial in Salé, Abdessamad Ejjoud, 25, and the alleged leader of a jihadist cell, confessed. He notably admitted to beheading one of the two Scandinavian tourists murdered in the night of December 15 to 16 in the High Atlas region.
The perpetrators of the Imlil attack, whose trial began on May 16, intended to develop a network of sub-Saharan Africans and forge links with the West African terrorist group "Boko Haram".