PAKISTANI COURT FINDS 5 AMERICANS GUILTY OF TERROR CHARGES
Baku, June 25 (AZERTAC). A Pakistani court has sentenced five Americans to 10 years each in prison after finding them guilty of terror offenses, VOA said.
Pakistani officials say five Americans, all Muslims in their early 20s, are guilty of criminal conspiracy to do acts of terrorism and raising funds for criminal activity.
Defense lawyer Tariq Asad spoke to VOA shortly after the verdict was announced. He says the court acquitted the men of the more serious charges of planning war against Pakistan, directing others to launch attacks and attempting to cross the Afghan border illegally.
Asad says his legal team plans to file an appeal within the week and is prepared to take it all the way to the Pakistani Supreme Court.
"The charges have not been proved at the level of this anti-terrorism court," Asad said. "At the high court level, we believe that they will be acquitted. And if of course they are not acquitted, we will go up the highest level of the appeals court."
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