Mohamed Bensakhria is an Algerian citizen, sentenced in France to 10 years in prison for his role in the 2000 Strasbourg Cathedral bombing plot on December 16, 2004.
[1] He is suspected of having had close links to Osama bin Laden.
Bensakhria's group was, according to Spanish authorities, funded by bin Laden.
[3] He had lived in Alicante for a period, after escaping from German police.
The German police had uncovered a terror plot in December, and dismantled the group Bensakhria is believed to have led.