A HAMBURG court yesterday acquitted a Moroccan man of helping the September 11 hijackers after a 5½-month trial that was only the second anywhere of a suspected attacker.

A Hamburg court today acquitted a Moroccan man of helping the September 11 hijackers after rejecting a dramatic last-minute motion for new evidence by a lawyer for relatives of US victims of the attacks.

A Moroccan who allegedly helped the September 11 hijackers but was freed on evidence suggesting he knew nothing of the plot awaited a verdict today in only the second trial anywhere for the attacks on the United States.

A MOROCCAN who was found guilty of helping the September 11 suicide hijackers told a court yesterday his conviction was “unjust” and denied that an al-Qaida cell ever existed in Hamburg.

ONE of the September 11 hijackers transformed from a western-oriented man into a fervent Muslim who often talked about waging a jihad or holy war, his former girlfriend told a German court yesterday.

A MOROCCAN accused of aiding the German al-Qaida cell in planning the September 11 attacks was involved in the plot from the start, prosecutors alleged at the opening of his trial yesterday.

The second alleged September 11 terrorist to face trial anywhere appeared in court today in Hamburg, Germany.

GERMANY launches the second trial of a suspected September 11 plotter on Thursday in a case expected to provide further insight into the Hamburg al-Qaida cell that led the hijacked airliner attacks on US cities.

GERMAN federal prosecutors yesterday said they had charged a second Moroccan man suspected of providing support for the Islamic militant group behind the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US.

A 28-year-old Moroccan student was today going on trial in Germany, charged with aiding the Hamburg terrorist cell involved in the September 11 attacks on the United States, which included lead suicide hijacker Mohammed Atta.

A Moroccan man was arrested in Hamburg today on suspicion that he provided logistical support to the cell of September 11 hijackers led by Mohamed Atta, German federal prosecutors said.