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Ilan Halimi. (Archives) Last update - 15:46 19/02/2008 France sends 29 to trial over kidnap and murder of Jewish man By The Associated Press Tags: ilan halimi, anti-semitism  French judges will try 29 suspects for the torture and killing of a young Jewish man two years ago, judicial authorities said Monday. The kidnapping, torture and murder of Ilan Halimi in 2006 revived concerns of anti-Semitism in France. Authorities found the 23-year-old naked, handcuffed and covered with burn marks near railroad tracks in the Essonne region south of Paris. Advertisement He died on the way to the hospital after being held captive for more than three weeks. Authorities said 21 of the suspects, including alleged ringleader Youssouf Fofana, would be tried by a youth court, because two of them were minors at the time of the killing in February 2006. Their trial is expected to be held behind closed doors, and is not expected before next year. Eight others will be tried by other courts. Chief suspect Fofana, 27, risks life imprisonment. He faces charges of kidnapping and of acts of torture and murder with religious, racial or ethnic motives. He is also accused of five other attempted kidnappings. Fofana, a Frenchman of Ivorian descent, fled to Ivory Coast and was arrested there and extradited to France. Halimi, a resident of a Parisian suburb, was lured by a young woman who entered the shop where he worked and persuaded him to meet her in another suburb, where he was kidnapped by a gang of youths, most of them immigrants. He was laid to rest at the Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem exactly a year after the murder in a ceremony attended by hundreds of people. Related articles: Hundreds attend reinterment of murdered French Jewish man Halimi murder sparks increased interest in immigration among French Jews France: Anti-Semitism is 'a reality that we must combat' Report: Anti-Semitic incidents up in U.K., France More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us   Intrigue at Heathrow According to the BBC, an IDF general dodged arrest as U.K. police feared shootout. Decency in remission A Ramat Yishai widow is suspected of faking cancer to receive donations from a charity.   1.   A change in French judicial attitude? 23:55  |  Arie 18/02/08   2.   Hilami´s murder was "Anti-semitism as a form of racism" 00:10  |  AliciaYasmeen 19/02/08   3.   Muslims are incorrigible morons 01:31  |  akiva (zionist) 19/02/08   4.   waiting for someone to blame this on Israel 02:09  |  natan 19/02/08   5.   Vive Sarko! 02:41  |  Raul 19/02/08   6.   My heart aches for this victim and his parents 02:42  |  Nechama 19/02/08   7.   Fofana 03:00  |  Jack 19/02/08   8.   Hilami 03:07  |  LKN 19/02/08   9.   #3, AKIVA, and jews are murderers 03:14  |  VIPER 19/02/08   10.   French, bring back the guillotine! 03:16  |  Scienitst 19/02/08   11.   More proof,if any needed, that Islam drives its followers insane! 03:46  |  Genuine Tosefta 19/02/08   12.   Mohammed was a pedophile rapist 03:48  |  Coraztre 19/02/08   13.   VIPER: GET A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE 04:05  |  Brant 19/02/08   14.   Mourn Only Orthodox (Frum) Jews, Not Hilami 04:36  |  Satmar Hasid 19/02/08   15.   Viper, Change Your Name to Vacuous 04:40  |  CHGODMK 19/02/08   16.   Viper only strengthens our point! 05:08  |  DR 19/02/08   17.   antisemtitsm 06:04  |  Bruce 19/02/08   18.   Ilan Halimi, z"l 06:06  |  sandra chitayat 19/02/08   19.   Hateful Satmar Hasid`s comments. 06:13  |  sandra chitayat 19/02/08   20.   fault of terrorists 06:16  |  Lyla 19/02/08   21.   Viper: you and your ignorant, drummed-up statistics 06:20  |  Richard S 19/02/08   22.   #9 viperYou may be next 06:47  |  jeff 19/02/08   23.   satumare hasid 07:04  |  Rasputin 19/02/08   24.   VIPER.in AUSTRALIA Moslem terrorist trials again 07:42  |  PETER SM 19/02/08   25.   To No 11 Genuine Tosefta: don`t fight fascism with more fascism! 08:12  |  American in Paris 19/02/08   26.   Worldwide violence.Disproportionate criminal activity 08:21  |  PETER SM 19/02/08   27.   TORTURED to death.Why? What did Halimi ever do to them? 08:24  |  PETER SM 19/02/08   28.   Satmar Hasid : I mourn you 09:37  |  ziggurat 19/02/08   29.   Halimi trial 10:28  |  Hadassah 19/02/08   30.   Ilan Halimi Back in Jerusalem 10:43  |  Michael J 19/02/08   31.   #9 A real snake 11:06  |  Sheikh Rattle & Roll 19/02/08   32.   Europe should follow America´s example on Criminal Law 12:13  |  AliciaYasmeen 19/02/08   33.   HANG THEM IN PUBLIC SADISTIC SHITS 12:56  |  Petra 19/02/08   34.   #14 so called Satmar 16:55  |  Shoolim 19/02/08   35.   #13, BRANT, murder is murder, no matter which way you look at it 01:44  |  VIPER 20/02/08   36.   #15, NAD JEWS CALL ARABS DOGS 01:45  |  VIPER 20/02/08   37.   #16, DR, the dr and leader of all idiots 01:49  |  VIPER 20/02/08   38.   #21, RICHARD S, so haaretz is lying? 01:51  |  VIPER 20/02/08   39.   #22, JEFF, the typical bully 01:55  |  VIPER 20/02/08   40.   #24, PETER SM, wrong once again 01:59  |  VIPER 20/02/08   41.   #27, PETER SM, doesn`t get the term consequences 02:02  |  VIPER 20/02/08

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