TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian court on Tuesday convicted 16 men of theft and destruction of property for looting and burning down an American school during an attack on the nearby U.S. embassy, and sentenced them to two years each in prison.
Two others involved in the school attack received suspended sentences while four were acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men’s defense lawyer, Anwar Ouled Ali said.
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