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RABAT, July 14 (Xinhua) -- A Moroccan anti-terror court sentenced 11 people to a maximum of 20 years in prison for terror-related crimes, local media reported on Friday.
The principal defendant was given 20 years in prison, while two were sentenced to 18 years, five to 10 years and three others to 5 years, the Moroccan Hepress.com news site said.
The defendants were convicted of "forming a gang to commit terrorist attacks within the framework of a collective plot to seriously undermine public order, possessing arms and praising terrorist acts," the news website added.
The 11 people were arrested in 2015 when the police busted a terror cell, which was active in several Moroccan cities and linked to the terror group Islamic State.
