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Mehdi Nemmouche guilty of four murders in Belgium Jewish museum shooting spree

The 33-year-old used a Kalashnikov and handgun to kill four people in Brussels in 2014

March 8, 2019 10:37
A drawing by Igor Preys shows court chairwoman Laurence Massart and Mehdi Nemmouche, the accused, as his verdict was announced
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A jury has found a French-born Isis fighter guilty of murdering four people at the Brussels Jewish museum five years ago.

Mehdi Nemmouche, 33, used both a Kalashnikov rifle and a handgun in the 84-second shooting spree captured on security cameras in May 2014.

Israeli tourists Miriam and Emmanuel Riva were shot in the head during the attack, while 26-year-old Belgian museum employee Alexandre Strens and 66-year-old French volunteer Dominique Sabrier also died.

The jury also found the gunman’s accomplice Nacer Bendrer guilty of murder.

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