Ten members of underground extremist group get 8 years in jail

The court of appeal of Rabat on Friday handed down a ten-year prison sentence against ten members of the underground extremist group Salafia Jihadia.

The group were sued mainly for criminal association, advocating terrorism, non-authorized meetings and activities within a non-recognized association.

One individual was also banned from any position in public service.

The court also decided to adjourn looking into the case of 33 other individuals, sued in the framework of the anti-terrorism law, enacted in the morrow of the terrorist attacks that hit Casablanca last May 16.