Court finds 21 guilty of Madrid bombings
A Spanish court found 21 people guilty on Wednesday of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings which killed 191 people but the alleged masterminds were cleared of plotting Europe’s deadliest Islamist attack.
Moroccans Jamal Zougam and Othman el Gnaoui were each sentenced to more than 40,000 years in prison for the bombings, although under Spanish law they can only serve a maximum of 40.
Zougam and Gnaoui were convicted of belonging to a terrorist organization and terrorist murder. Spaniard Emilio Suarez Trashorras, who also helped supply the bombers with explosives, got thousands of years in jail.
Seven of the 28 accused were acquitted of any involvement in the bombings including one alleged mastermind, Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, known as “Mohamed the Egyptian,” who is already jailed in Italy for belonging to an international terrorist group.




