Belgian sentenced in Morocco for false bomb alert

The Moroccan resident in Belgium arrested, placed in police custody, then incarcerated in Bourkaiz prison after a false bomb alert at Fez-Saïss airport was sentenced by the criminal chamber of first instance of the Fez Court of Appeal.

The verdict is in. On Monday, the Criminal Division of First Instance of the Court of Appeal of Fez sentenced the Belgian-Moroccan to three years in prison for hijacking an aircraft, destroying an aircraft, destroying air navigation facilities, and obstructing the movement of an aircraft. He was imprisoned in Bourkaiz prison and appeared in court under arrest.