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Bosnians preparing
to mark 20 years of
Srebrenica disaster
AIDA CERKEZ
Associated Press
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Her-
zegovina (AP) — Foreign
dignitaries were starting to
arrive in Bosnia on Friday to ting attacks against Jewish
mark the 20th anniversary
of Europe’s worst massa-
cre since World War II and
attend the funeral of 136
newly found victims.
Turkish Prime Minister Ah-
met Davutoglu and Jor-
dan’s Queen Noor were
among early arrivals, and
former U.S. President Bill
Clinton was expected later
in the day. Foreign Affairs
chief Federica Mogherini
is planned to represent the
European Union at Satur-
day’s commemorations.
Some 50,000 people are
expected to attend cere-
monies mourning the 8,000
Muslim men and boys killed
in the eastern Bosnian
town of Srebrenica, which
had been declared a safe
haven for civilians by the
United Nations.
The event includes a fu-
neral for 136 recently found
victims identified through
DNA analysis
On July 11, 1995, Serb
troops overran the Muslim
enclave.
Some 15,000 men tried to
flee through the woods
toward government-held
territory while others joined BERLIN (AP) — A 47-year-
the town’s women and
children in seeking refuge
at the base of the Dutch
U.N. troops who were de-
ployed to protect the
town.
But the United Nations did
nothing to stop the fall of
Srebrenica and the out-
numbered and outgunned
Dutch troops could only
watch as Serb soldiers sep-
arated about 2,000 men
from women for killing and
later hunted down and
killed another 6,000 men in
the woods.q
Saturday 11 July 2015
French jihadi network chief sentenced to 9 years in prison
PHILIPPE SOTTO Mohammed Achamlane, left, leader of Forsane Alizza (Knights of Pride), an Islamic radical group
Associated Press which was outlawed in 2012, speaks to the media in Nantes, western France. The chief of a dis-
PARIS (AP) — The chief of a mantled French radical network who wanted to “scar” France has been sentenced to nine years
dismantled French radical in prison for recruiting for jihad, plotting attacks at home and praising terrorism, Friday July 10,
network was sentenced Fri- 2015 in Paris.
day to nine years in prison
for recruiting for jihad, plot- (AP Photo/Laetitia Notarianni)
targets and praising terror- months after attacks on ern France that authorities in France and claimed a
ism. The relatively severe a kosher supermarket have blamed on a former desire to “channel the en-
verdict comes as France is and satirical weekly Char- delivery driver, Yassin Salhi, ergy” of young Muslims
trying to prevent extremist lie Hebdo, which left 20 who allegedly had links to and lead them away from
violence by angry, margin- people dead including Forsane Alizza.During the violence. Achamlane, 37,
alized Muslims. the three radical Muslim trial, Achamlane, 37, said testified that he favored
A Paris court convicted gunmen. It also came two he created Forsane Alizza an “uninhibited” Islam but
Mohamed Achamlane, weeks after the beheading in 2010 to counter grow- denied any violent intent or
self-proclaimed “emir” of of a businessman in east- ing anti-Muslim feelings “terrorist inspiration.” q
the Forsane Alizza (Knights
of Pride) group, of terror-
ism charges. The French
citizen was accused of
plotting attacks, including
targeting kosher markets
and other Jewish business-
es in Paris, abducting and
torturing a Jewish judge
in Lyon and threatening
France, according to court
documents.
Thirteen others, who like
Achamlane were convict-
ed of criminal association
with a terrorist enterprise,
were sentenced to up to
six years in prison — except
for the lone female defen-
dant who got a suspended
12-month sentence.
The verdict came six
2 killed in German shootings, suspect captured
FRANK JORDANS no indications of any im- say the gunman fatally shot staff at an Esso gas sta-
Associated Press mediate relationships be- a 72-year-old man riding a tion in Bad Windsheim had
tween the culprit and the bicycle in the nearby town overpowered the man af-
old German gunman shot victims,” said Bavaria’s in- of Rammersdorf. A driver ter he threatened them
and killed two people and terior minister, Joachim Her- who was threatened by with a weapon,” said Her-
injured another in a ram- rmann, calling it an “ugly, the suspect gave details of rmann. “It’s thanks to the
page Friday in the southern incomprehensible crime.” the man’s car to police. brave intervention of the
state of Bavaria before be- Police were alerted at 10 The suspect then fired at gas station staff that the
ing overpowered by two a.m. that a middle-aged a farmer driving a tractor, suspect was stopped.”
gas station mechanics, au- man driving a silver Mer- who was slightly injured by Prosecutors said the sus-
thorities said. cedes had opened fire on flying glass, and drove to pect, a local man identi-
Officials said the victims a woman in the town of Ti- a gas station in Bad Wind- fied only as Bernd G. in line
appeared to have been efenthal, 50 kilometers (31 sheim, 35 kilometers (20 with German privacy rules,
chosen randomly by the miles) west of Nuremberg. miles) from the scene of the showed signs of psycho-
suspect, who spoke “inco- The 82-year-old woman shootings. logical problems and was
herently” after his arrest. died at the scene. “Shortly before noon, po- being assessed by a psy-
“At the moment there are Shortly afterward, police lice were informed that chiatrist. q