The Special Criminal Court sentenced on Tuesday the eight defendants for complicity in the Nice jihadist attack (France) of July 14, 2016, which caused 86 dead and more of 400 woundedto jail terms ranging from two to 18 years.
In a process without the material author of the attack –Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was shot down by the police while running over the crowd with a truck -, the first sentence to be pronounced was against the Tunisian Chokri Chafroudsentenced to 18 years in prison on charges of terrorist criminal association. Chafroud, 43, also has prohibited entry into French territory definitively.
The Franco-Tunisian Mohamed Ghraieb46 years old, also received a prison sentence also from 18 years for terrorist criminal association. The two were sentenced for helping Lahouaiej Bouhlel to rent the truck with which he ran over hundreds of people who were witnessing the fireworks for the French National Holiday on July 14 on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice.
The third most important sentence fell on the Franco-Tunisian Ramzi Arefawho in the end was accused of criminal association under common law, instead of terrorist, and was sentenced to 12 years in jail. The judges considered it proven that Arefa mediated so that Lahouaiej Bouhlel obtained a weapon through a group of Albanian traffickers.
Source: Lasexta
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