Summary
Zaheer Mahmood, 29, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempting to murder two people with a meat cleaver outside Charlie Hebdo’s former Paris office in 2020.
Influenced by radical Pakistani preacher Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Mahmood attacked two Premieres Lignes employees, mistaking the office for Charlie Hebdo’s, which had relocated after the 2015 al-Qaeda attack.
Five accomplices were jailed for supporting Mahmood. The victims, who suffered severe injuries, rejected Mahmood’s apology.
Mahmood, an illegal immigrant to France since 2017, was also convicted of terrorist conspiracy.
It took over 4 years to get a conviction? And I thought the courts here in the US were slow
Right? My first thought was that there must’ve been another one.
Putting the burden of proof on the prosecution is part of having a fair justice system, so if you ever want to see convictions on shit like this they need time to gather evidence and build a case
The Hoover Dam was built in less time.
The Hoover dam didn’t have to follow rules intended to protect the civil rights of the accused