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Fighter returned from Syria sentenced in Belgium
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- 13 February, 2017
- 13:45
Baku. 13 February. REPORT.AZ/ A Belgian man was sentenced to 28 years in jail on Monday for killing a prisoner while fighting with militant groups in Syria, Report informs citing the RIA Novosti.
According to the publication, this is the first murder conviction of a returned fighter in Belgium.
Hakim Elouassaki, 24, returned to Belgium in 2013 after being wounded in the conflict, a few months after police had intercepted a phone call in which he bragged to his girlfried about executing a prisoner.
Elouassaki said he killed prisoner after not receiving ransom money from his family.
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