Boualem Bensaïd
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Boualem Bensaïd (born in 1967) is an Algerian member of terrorist group GIA and one of the masterminds of the 1995 bombings in France.
Born in Algeria in 1967, a sport teacher, he fell into terrorism and clandestinity around 1990. He went back to France in 1994, as Algeria was in full-scale civil war.
On the 27 November 2003 he was sentenced in appeal to life detention, with a 22-year "safety sentence" (which prevents the detainee from being liberated for good conduct). At the sentence, he exclaimed "God is great! Allah akbar! ("God is great!" in Arabic), it is a miserable decision!". The appeal court thus confirmed the judgement given by the First Special Criminal Court.
A prisoner since his arrest in 1995, Boualem Bensaïd is serving two more sentences of 10 years and 30 years for other charges related to the terrorist attacks of 1995.
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