(AFP) Two French citizens and a Moroccan on Wednesday received heavy prison terms for an attack plot that was foiled after an intelligence agent posing as a jihadist infiltrated their cyber network.
The criminal court sentenced Hicham Makran to 22 years in jail, his childhood friend Yassine Bousseria to 24 years and the Moroccan Hicham El-Hanafi to the maximum 30 years in prison.
It said what Hicham El-Hanafi, 41, had done was “of extreme seriousness, concerning in particular preparations for a mass terror attack.”
In justifying the tough sentences, it also described as “very serious” the involvement of Bousseria, 41, and Hanafi, 30.
The three were tried on charges of joining a terror group with a view to carrying out attacks.
