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Paris - Life In Prison For Suspect in Brutal Anti-Semitic Killing of French Jew

Published on:   Jul 10, 2009 at 04:04 PM
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Paris, France - A court has convicted a gang leader of the brutal 2006 killing of a young man prosecutors say was targeted because he was Jewish.

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Youssouf Fofana, 28, who was sentenced to life in prison, was one of 27 people on trial in the kidnapping, torture and murder of Ilan Halimi, who was 23 years old.

Halimi was found naked, handcuffed and covered with burn marks near railroad tracks in the Essonne region south of Paris on Feb. 13, 2006. He died on the way to the hospital after being held captive for more than three weeks.

Fofana's sentence means he will have no possibility of parole for 22 years.

As the verdict was announced, Fofana mimicked applause.

His main accomplices were given sentenced of 15 to 18 years.


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 Jul 10, 2009 at 04:30 PM Anonymous Says:

This story makes me honestly sick and btw if I ever met this guy face to face.......

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 Jul 10, 2009 at 05:08 PM Anonymous Says:

Parole after 22 years, accomplices 18 years??? Oy, there is no din emes in this world. They will get what they deserve after olam hazeh.

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 Jul 11, 2009 at 07:27 PM ZR Says:

This murderer and torturer gets parole after 22 years and Madof gets 150 years. Go figure...

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 Jul 11, 2009 at 09:26 PM kingsley the chuchem Says:

Gut Voch-- let us not forget that the French are the scum Anti-semites of the earth and they will soon pay the price of the millions of Arabs in their country. Scondly, Jewish blood has always been cheap!!! The fact of the "closed trial" in itself was a mockery like the Dreyfus Affair another great sign of French scummetry.
The trial sentences meted out in comparison to the brutality of the crime is indicative of French indifference. May the entire anti semitic French goyish nation pay the deserved price for their actions and indifference.

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 Jul 11, 2009 at 08:44 PM bunimfrombrooklyn Says:

this is the time to cry every day for the beis hamikdash
how many years can we suffer like this,this story happended in 2006 paris(not 1946 not in the middle east)

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 Jul 11, 2009 at 08:43 PM Anonymous Says:

this is a sad story. may people or gd take revenge on this people for doing wat they did.

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 Jul 11, 2009 at 09:50 PM Avrohom Abba Says:

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ZR Says:

This murderer and torturer gets parole after 22 years and Madof gets 150 years. Go figure...

You are so right!
This clearly shows how the world's justice system feels about murder, torture, money and Jews. The Muslim killers, kill every single day of the year. Following, is a list of murders that did not hit the headlines.

You can check out every one of the following murders by members of the religion of peace just by searching each one on the internet. Then, you will see that each is true. These murders go on every single day. Here is a list of murders done during only seven days at the beginning of July....

2009.07.02 (Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan) - Suspected Islamists toss a grenade into a shop, killing two people.

2009.07.02 (Peshawar, Pakistan) - Two local police are killed in a remote-controlled bomb attack by Talibanis.

2009.07.02 (Baghdad, Iraq) - Four Iraqis are blown apart by a series of Jihad bomb blasts.

2009.07.02 (Chacho Wali, Pakistan) - A young couple is shot to death for marrying against their family's will.

2009.07.02 (Gaza, Pal. Auth.) - A Palestinian girl is killed from an errant Hamas mortar shell intended to kill Israelis.

2009.07.03 (Dessie, Ethiopia) - Two Christians are shot to death by Muslim gunmen while working on a church.

2009.07.04 (Nazran, Ingushetia) - A brutal, well-planned ambush by Mujahideen leaves nine police officers dead.

2009.07.04 (Mogadishu, Somalia) - Twenty-three civilian bystanders are killed during an attack by al-Shabaab militants on government troops.

2009.07.04 (Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan) - A local trader is gunned down by Muslim sectarian rivals.

2009.07.04 (Mohmand, Pakistan) - Islamic radicals ambush a group of tribesmen, killing at least a dozen.

2009.07.04 (Urumqi, China) 140 killed during a riot by Muslim Uighurs, who burned, beat, robbed and smashed while rioting.

2009.07.05 (Cotabato, Philippines) - A Religion-of-Peace nail bomb outside a Christian church leaves at least four innocent Christians dead.

2009.07.05 (Mohmand, Pakistan) - Two tribesmen are kidnapped by Sunni hardliners, then murdered by having their throats slit.

2009.07.05 (Lahore, Pakistan) - A man is gunned down in the name of honor by his new wife's son.

2009.07.06 (Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan) - Five Shias and Sunnis are killed in three separate sectarian attacks.

2009.07.06 (Mosul, Iraq) - Two policemen are stabbed to death by Muslim terrorists, who also murder a teenager in a separate bombing.

2009.07.06 (Baghdad, Iraq) - Mujahideen gunmen take down five Iraqis at a checkpoint.

2009.07.07 (Khost, Afghanistan) - Religious extremists throw a grenade into the street, killing one civilian and injuring children.

2009.07.07 (Jolo, Philippines) - Abu Sayyaf militants detonate a bomb outside a second Christian church, killing six Christians.

2009.07.07 (Jolo, Philippines) - Abu Sayyaf militants blow up two people outside a hardware store.

Every one of these murders was done only by Muslims just like the showoff trash who killed the 23 year old Jewish man, Ilan Halimi a"h, in Paris after kidnapping him, ONLY because he was Jewish.
They all feel that if you say 'ala' when you do a murder, you will be a hero, and get 72 virgin 16 year olds in heaven. They actually believe that.

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 Jul 11, 2009 at 10:15 PM Loshon Hora Says:

Hashem Yikom Domo!!

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 Jul 11, 2009 at 10:59 PM Anonymous Says:

why is he still being referred to as a "suspect?"

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 Jul 12, 2009 at 03:41 AM Rochel Says:

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ZR Says:

This murderer and torturer gets parole after 22 years and Madof gets 150 years. Go figure...

can't compare american law and sentences to french one, as it could sound really "ridiculous" to get 150 years when the person can't even live that long, it's all in the symbol that for what he did he would deserve that much if he could live until he serves a prison sentence he deserves. I sure think that Fofana deserves more than 22 years, he should definately spend the rest of his life in prison, but it wouldn't change the fact that he has followers outside and as a leader, even from prison, he would be able to still spread his hatred. It reminds me of a book "mein kampf"...

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