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91 terror suspect released, German press baffled

IRNA

Berlin, Dec 12, IRNA -- In a spectacular twist to a Hamburg 
terror trial, a German court on Thursday ordered the release from 
custody of a Moroccan accused of assistance in the September 11 
attacks. 
The release of the suspect, 31-year-old student Abdelghani 
Mzoudi, came after Germany`s Federal Crime Office unexpectedly 
introduced new evidence suggesting Mzoudi was not involved in the 
9/11 plot. 
The charges, accessory to the murders of over 3,000 people in 
New York and Washington and membership in a terrorist organization, 
were not lifted and the trial was adjourned. 
The German press was visibly baffled over the developments, 
with the Berliner Zeitung suggesting that the "last-minute" rescue 
of the defendant a la "Hollywood" looked like it had been "staged." 
The source of the ground breaking evidence leading to Mzoudi`s 
release was not named - much to the distress of the media -- but 
the latest developments could also have an effect on other such 
cases in the USA and Germany. 
The Moroccan is the second suspect worldwide to stand trial 
over the 2001 suicide attacks. 
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