Casablanca Attack Mastermind’s Death Sentence Reduced to 25 Years in Prison

The Casablanca Court of Appeal closed, last week, one of the bloodiest chapters in the country’s history. The May 16, 2003 attacks, the first terrorist acts perpetrated in the kingdom, had caused the death of 45 people, including many foreigners.

Following the May 16 attacks, Said Mansour had managed to leave Morocco, before taking refuge in Denmark. The "bookseller of Brønshøj", convicted twice for apology for terrorism, had been stripped of his nationality in 2015 and expelled 4 years later, despite the appeal filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

More than a year later, the man had been found guilty of attempted premeditated murder, attempted destruction of public places with explosives and criminal association.