الرئيسية
A French court sentenced the notorious Venezuelan militant known as
Carlos the Jackal to life in prison, with a minimum of 18 years before
parole, for four deadly attacks in France in the 1980s.
He was
handed the maximum sentence that had been requested by French
prosecutors who had urged the court to find Carlos Ilich Ramirez
Sanchez, 62, guilty of the bombings that killed 11 people and left
nearly 150 injured.
His lawyer, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, described the verdict as a "scandal" and said he would appeal.
Carlos
first rose to prominence in 1975 when his commando group burst into the
conference room where ministers from the powerful OPEC oil cartel were
meeting in Vienna, taking 11 hostage.
His Paris trial dealt with
four attacks that were seen as part of a private war Carlos waged
against France to free two comrades, including his future wife, who were
arrested in Paris while planning to attack the Kuwaiti embassy.
Carlos the Jackal to life in prison, with a minimum of 18 years before
parole, for four deadly attacks in France in the 1980s.
He was
handed the maximum sentence that had been requested by French
prosecutors who had urged the court to find Carlos Ilich Ramirez
Sanchez, 62, guilty of the bombings that killed 11 people and left
nearly 150 injured.
His lawyer, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, described the verdict as a "scandal" and said he would appeal.
Carlos
first rose to prominence in 1975 when his commando group burst into the
conference room where ministers from the powerful OPEC oil cartel were
meeting in Vienna, taking 11 hostage.
His Paris trial dealt with
four attacks that were seen as part of a private war Carlos waged
against France to free two comrades, including his future wife, who were
arrested in Paris while planning to attack the Kuwaiti embassy.