Terrorists who beheaded tourists in Atlas Mountains sentenced to death
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Salé, Morocco, Jul 18 (EFE).- Three terrorists who beheaded two Scandinavian tourists in the Atlas Mountains have been sentenced to death.
Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were found murdered in their tent in Morocco in December.
Abdessamad Ejjoud, a 25-year-old street seller, carpenters Younes Ouaziyad, 27, and Rachid Afatti, 33, had all sworn allegiance to the so-called Islamic State before carrying out the brutal killings.
The trio were given the death penalty at a court in Salé, near the city of Rabat, on Thursday.
Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were found murdered in their tent in Morocco in December.
Abdessamad Ejjoud, a 25-year-old street seller, carpenters Younes Ouaziyad, 27, and Rachid Afatti, 33, had all sworn allegiance to the so-called Islamic State before carrying out the brutal killings.
The trio were given the death penalty at a court in Salé, near the city of Rabat, on Thursday.