Belgian Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Morocco for False Airport Bomb Threat

The verdict is in. On Monday, the criminal chamber of the first instance of the Court of Appeal of Fès sentenced the Belgo-Moroccan to three years in prison for aircraft hijacking, aircraft destruction and destruction of air navigation facilities, as well as for obstructing the movement of an aircraft. Incarcerated in the Bourkaiz prison, he appeared in a state of arrest before the court.

The Attorney General of the King at the Court of Appeal of Fès had ordered the placement in custody of this Moroccan residing in Belgium following an altercation between an airport employee and him, and a false bomb alert at Fès-Saïss airport. While he wanted to travel to Belgium, this man from the province of Taza arrived late at the airport. Prevented from accessing the runway, he gets angry. An altercation ensues between an airport employee and him. Determined to leave anyway, the quadragenarian invents the presence of a bomb on the plane to be able to enter the airport. No explosive device is ultimately found.