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| 27 suspected in death of French Jew go on trial |
| 2009-04-30 |
| The presumed leader of a group of 27 young people charged with participating in the torture and killing of a young French Jew took his seat in juvenile court Wednesday with the defiant declaration, "Allah will be victorious." The 23-year-old victim, Ilan Halimi, was found naked, handcuffed and covered with burn marks near railroad tracks in the Essonne region south of Paris on Feb. 13, 2006. He died on the way to the hospital after being held captive for more than three weeks. Youssouf Fofana, 28-year-old presumed leader of a group of 10 young women and 17 young men, stands accused of a crime that shocked the nation. He is charged with premeditated murder, demanding ransom, and acts of torture and barbarism, and faces a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment. He smiled as he took his seat in the Paris court and said, "Allah will be victorious." Asked his last name, he said, "African barbarian army revolt Salafist." Asked his birth date, he replied, "February 13, 2006" -- the day Halimi was killed. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #3 Tell the Turks he's a member of the PKK, and transfer him to a Turkish prison for five to ten. Let's see how much Allah gives him there. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-04-30 13:43 |
| #2 Hopefully he will get served a meal of raw pork offal once a day. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-04-30 12:59 |
| #1 The little pig deserves to hang, Iranian style, but it won't happen. Hopefully he'll actually be convicted and serve the French version of hard time. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-04-30 11:07 |