Under heavy security measures, the trial of thirteen Moroccans, allegedly members of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM), which is suspected of having links with Madrid-Casablanca bombings, opened on Thursday in Brussels, at the city's Palace of Justice.
The trial, reports <i>Morocco Times</i>, is the first terrorism case to reach the country’s courtroom under its new tougher anti-terrorism laws. The defendants could face up to five years in prison if convicted of belonging to a terrorist organization and up to 10 years if convicted of playing a coordinating role.
