8 Kosovo Albanians jailed on foiled attack on Israeli (soccer) team

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8 Kosovo Albanians jailed on foiled attack on Israeli team
SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court has sentenced nine Albanians, eight to jail, for planning a foiled attack against the Israeli soccer team during a 2016 qualifying World Cup match in neighboring Albania.

Pristina court Judge Hamdi Ibrahimi on Friday sentenced the leader of the group, Visar Ibishi, to 10 years in jail. Seven others got between a year-and-a-half in prison to 6 years. One was slapped with a 2,500-euro ($2,950) fine.

"There is no place for extremism on this land," the judge said. "Such defendants' acts have aimed to create both in Kosovo and Albania a climate of uncertainty, let the extremist elements get in and destabilize the country with terror acts."

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