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Morocco jails brother of alleged Paris attacks ringleader

Yassine Abaaoud, whose brother was killed by French police after the November 13th attacks, was jailed two years for non-denunciation and promotion of terrorism.

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The brother of alleged Paris attacks mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud has been jailed for two years in Morocco, reports Radio France Internationale.

Yassine Abaaoud was found guilty of promoting terrorism and failing to notify the authorities of terrorist crimes. Five other people were given sentences of between two and five years for terror-related offences.

Yassine Abaaoud's lawyer claimed he was not aware that his brother was planning the November 13th Paris attacks, in which 130 people died and many more were wounded, the Moroccan news agency MAP reports.

The court in Rabat ruled it did not believe him and sentenced him to two years in prison.

It found five other people guilty in separate cases relating to "terrorism".

Abdelhamid Abaaoud died in a police raid on a hideout in Saint Denis, just outside Paris, days after the attacks.

Read more of this report from RFI.