By IRNA,
Berlin : A court in the south German city of Stuttgart sentenced three people to long prison sentences for plotting to kill then-Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi during a visit to Germany in December 2004, media reports said Tuesday.
The main accused Ata A. R., 31, of Stuttgart, was given a 10-year jail term, while his accomplice Mazen H., 27 of Augsburg, was handed out a seven-year sentence.
The ringleader Rafik Y., 33, of Berlin was slapped with an eight- year prison time.
The court said it was proven during the trial that all three belonged to a foreign terror group.
Identified as suspected members of a Kurdish Islamist organization dubbed ‘Ansar Al Islam’, the trio plotted to kill Allawi at a Deutsche Bank reception in Berlin on December 3, 2004, according to German judicial authorities.
Police foiled the assassination attempt by arresting them that morning.
All three had also been accused of providing logistical support, collecting and delivering funds, to Ansar Al Islam, the statement said.
Ata R. and Rafik M.Y. also sought reportedly to recruit suicide bombers for Iraq, German officials claimed earlier.