Posted: 02:12 EST
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On February 18, France 24 reported that Tunisia’s appeals court sentenced 20 men convicted of participating in a 2012 attack on the US embassy to prison terms after an initial ruling was deemed too lenient.
In May 2013, all 20 men were all given two-year suspended sentences for ransacking the diplomatic mission, as well as the American school, alongside hundreds of protesters enraged at an online US-made film trailer they deemed critical of Islam.
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France 24 – Tunis court toughens sentences for US embassy attackers: Tunisia’s appeals court handed harsher se… http://t.coG7Ri2Kgvxiw
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Yahoo News : Tunis court toughens verdicts of US embassy attackers http://t.co/mLZLKnqRll — RSS – World News (@rssworldnews) February 18, 2015
The State Department was asked about the verdicts and here is its official response:
“The verdicts issued by the Appellate Court reflect a serious response to the September 2012 attack on U.S. Embassy Tunis. That said, we remain disappointed that justice in this case has been delayed so long and remains incomplete with several key suspects still at large. We hope that all those responsible for the attack on the U.S. Embassy and the American Cooperative School of Tunis will be brought to justice without further delay.”
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