Three go on trial for deadly 2017 Barcelona terror attacks
Source: AP
By CIARÁN GILES and RENATA BRITO
MADRID (AP) — Three people went on trial Tuesday in Spain for their alleged roles in terror attacks around Barcelona that killed 16 people and injured 140 others in 2017.
The three — Driss Oukabir, Mohamed Houli Chemlal and Said Ben Iazza — are not accused of taking part directly in the attacks but of forming part of the extremist cell that carried them out. They have been in custody for the past three years.
The six people who carried out the attacks were later shot and killed by police. The Islamic State group later claimed responsibility for both attacks.
Prosecutors in the trial are asking for prison terms ranging from eight to 41 years.
Mohamed Houli Chemlal, left, Driss Oukabir, centre and and Said Ben Iazza, right sit behind a glass panel inside the national court at the start of a trial in San Fernando de Henares on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Tuesday Nov. 10, 2020. The men went on trial Tuesday for their alleged roles in terror attacks in and near Barcelona that killed 16 people and injured some 140 in 2017. The three, Driss Oukabir, Mohamed Houli Chemlal and Said Ben Iazza, are not accused of taking part directly in the attacks but of forming part of the extremist cell that carried them out. (Fernando Villar, Pool photo via AP)
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