Nouredine el Fahtni

Nouredine el Fahtni (also Noreddine el Fahtni) is Moroccan who is a suspected member of terrorist organisation Hofstad Network,[1] a Dutch organisation agitating for jihad against parliamentary democracy and the foundation of an Islamic state.

Nouredine el Fahtni
Born (1982-08-15) August 15, 1982
Midar, Morocco
Criminal statusIn prison
Criminal chargeTerrorism, Weapon Charges
Penalty5 years and 4 years imprisonment (different cases)

El Fahtni was arrested in Portugal in the summer of 2004, during the European Football Championship, on suspicion of planning an attack on then Portuguese prime minister José Manuel Durão Barroso,[1] but was released for insufficient evidence.[2] In 2005, El Fahtni and his wife Soumaya S. were arrested in the Netherlands for possessing a loaded machine gun, for which S. received a nine-month sentence and El Fahtni five years.[3] Prosecutors sought a 12-year sentence for El Fahtni's suspected involvement in the "Piranha terrorism plot" against politicians and the Dutch Secret Service, AIVD.[4] On 1 December 2006, he was sentenced to four years imprisonment, while co-conspirators Mohammed Chentouf also received four years and Samir Azzouz eight years.

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References
  1. Evans-Pritchard, Ambrose. (16/11/2004) Islamic terrorists 'plotted attack at finals of Euro 2004' The Telegraph. Accessed 13 December 2007.
  2. Fox News. (November 15, 2004) Dutch Islamists suspected in Portugal plot FoxNews.com. Accessed 13 December 2007.
  3. Dutch News. (16 October 2006) Heavy security as new terrorism trial starts DutchNews.nl. Accessed 13 December 2007.
  4. Dutch News. (6 November 2006). Prosecution winds up in Piranha court case. dutchnews.nl. Accessed 13 December 2007.


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