Italian court jails man linked to Madrid attack

AN Egyptian wanted in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings was convicted yesterday on international terrorism charges in Italy and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The court in Milan convicted Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, aged 35, and Yahi Ragheh — a 23-year-old prosecutors said was preparing to become a suicide bomber — of subversive association aimed at international terrorism, a charge introduced after the September 11 attacks in the US.

The younger man was given a five-year term.