Rachid Ramda (born (1969-09-29)September 29, 1969,[1] El Ogla, also known as "Abou Farès") is an Algerian man convicted of the 1995 bombings against French public transportation systems.
[1] In 1993, Ramda was sentenced to death in Algeria in absentia for a 1992 terrorist attack at the airport of Algiers, which killed nine people and wounded 123.
"[1] He did, however, admit that his fingerprints had been found on a Western Union money order of 38,000 francs sent to the bomber Ait Ali Belkacem.
[citation needed] The former, being a "délit", i.e. a crime of intermediate seriousness, would be tried in the Tribunal Correctionnel; and the latter three, considered felonies (that is, carrying a possible sentence of more than 10 years) in the Cour d'assises.
[5] In an October 2007 interview with Libération, Ramda rejected accusations that he was a mastermind of the Algerian radical Islamist movement and a prominent figure of the GIA.
[1] The prosecution has showed his fingerprints were on a Western Union money order of 38,000 francs sent to the bomber Ait Ali Belkacem.
[1] Further evidence submitted by the prosecution concerns wiretaps of phone communications between Ramda and the bombers in France, a short time before and after the bombings.
[1] Ramda stated that detention conditions in France were similar to Belmarsh, and that he was badly treated by French police.