Pakistani Court Convicts Americans on Terror Charges

BBC reports that a Pakistani court has convicted five Americans on terror charges.

Five Americans have each been sentenced to 10 years in jail by a court in Pakistan after being found guilty of terrorism charges, prosecutors say.

The five men - aged between 19 and 25 - were convicted of conspiring to commit terrorist attacks on Pakistani soil and of funding banned jihadist groups.

They were arrested in the north-eastern city of Sargodha in December.

The case is one of several involving alleged "home-grown" American Muslim militants linked to Pakistan.

The men have been identified as Ramy Zamzam, of Egyptian descent, Waqar Khan and Umar Farooq of Pakistani descent, and Aman Hassan Yemer and Ahmed Minni, who are of Ethiopian descent.

None were known to law enforcement agencies before they disappeared in November from their homes in Alexandria, Virginia.

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