[8] The group travelled to Copenhagen 27 December 2010, Zalouti changed his mind the way to Denmark and returned to Järfälla.
[9] The men were charged with attempted terrorism and unlawful possession of weapons (a machine gun with silencer, a pistol and more than 100 cartridges).
[12][circular reference] The convicted were transferred to a prison in Sweden, Saltviksanstalten in Härnösand which has the highest security level.
[15][16] This led some Swedish newspaper editors to question Benaouda's role as head of one of the country's largest Muslim organization.
[13] Sahbi Zalouti had also been previously arrested in Pakistan in 2009 on suspicions of terrorism, roughly at the same time as Munir Awad though not together.