Moroccan serial killer gets capital punishment

The appellate court of Agadir on Thursday night sentenced to death a person sued for murdering nine children in the town of Taroudant (near Agadir).

The court also handed down sentences ranging from 1 to 4 year imprisonment to three individuals, charged with rape of minor and non-denunciation of crime.

The main defendant was condemned to pay a symbolic Dirham to the National Observatory of Children Rights and to the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), as well as compensations ranging from 3,000 Dhs (around US $333) to 20,000 Dhs (around US $2.222 ) to the families of the victims.

The man was facing charges including premeditated serial assassinations, use of arms, torture, violence, rape of minors, kidnapping and sequestration of minors.

Abdelali, 42, confessed to the crimes and to the sexual abuse of his victims whom he buried after murdering them. He said he committed his first crime three years ago.

Mutilated bodies of the eight teens, aged between 13 and 16, were found in plastic bags.