PARIS, June 14 (RIA Novosti) - A Paris court Thursday handed down sentences against a group of 27 Islamic militants suspected of planning terrorist attacks in France in support of Chechen rebels.
Paris Criminal Court sentenced 25 of the group - known as the "Chechen Network" - to jail terms of between six months and 10 years, and acquitted two of the men, most of whom were Algerian or French of Arab origin.
The group had been plotting attacks on Russian targets in France, as well as police stations, a large supermarket in Paris and the Eiffel Tower. It got its nickname because some members had recruited militants for terrorist attacks in Russia's North Caucasus or had undergone training in the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia.
