Attack on the Al-Ghriba Synagogue in 2002

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Expressions of mourning ten years after the attack

The attack on the Al-Ghriba Synagogue was a terrorist attack in 2002 on the island of Djerba , Tunisia .

On April 11, 2002, an attack was carried out on tourists visiting the al-Ghriba synagogue . A truck loaded with 5000 liters of liquefied gas hit the synagogue and exploded. 19 tourists died as a result of the attack, 14 of them came from Germany; about 30 other people were injured, some seriously.

The Tunisian government initially spoke of an accident, but international experts assumed an attack. In June 2002, al-Qaeda confessed to the act.

The driver of the tanker was Nizar Ben Mohammed Nawar (1978-2002). He burned in the attack. His body could be identified by its teeth.

In January 2009 a trial of the attack began in Paris. Among the accused is the German Christian Ganczarski , who had been in French pre-trial detention since June 2003 on charges of being involved in the attack. On February 5, 2009, a Paris jury sentenced him to 18 years in prison for accessory to murder. The conviction was based on a two-minute telephone conversation with the assassin Nizar Nawar. Ganczarski denies involvement.

The assassin's brother, Walid Nawar, was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Terrorist attack on Djerba: "Then the wall of fire came in". In: Spiegel Online Video. Retrieved June 10, 2018 .
  2. ^ Official inventory, July 20, 2002 in Tunis, El Fadel El Malki, Central Directorate for Judicial Police, Sub-Directorate of the Criminal Affair
  3. ↑ Christoph Gunkel: Terrorist attack in Djerba: "We can't get out of here". In: Spiegel Online . April 10, 2012, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2061071.stm
  5. ↑ a b c Sascha Lehnartz: 18 years imprisonment for German Djerba defendants. In: Die Welt , February 5, 2009 ( online )

Coordinates: 33 ° 48 ′ 50.1 ″  N , 10 ° 51 ′ 32 ″  E