Algeria jails leader of Al-Qaeda in north Africa for life

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Algeria jails leader of Al-Qaeda in north Africa for life

January 02, 2012 08:39 PM

ALGIERS: Algeria on Monday jailed one of the most radical leaders of Al-Qaeda's northern Africa branch, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, for life in absentia for creating "an international terror group", one of his lawyers said.

Abou Zeid "was sentenced to life in prison while five members of his family were sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment each for forming an armed international group", lawyer Omar Boukadouss told AFP.

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