Arrest and Trial By Bosnian Authorities
Nechle and five other Bosnians of Algerian extraction fell under the suspicion of local US intelligence authorities. The Americans believed these six men, all charity workers, were merely using their charity works as a cover for a plot to bomb the US embassy in Sarajevo.
The six were arrested, charged, tried, and acquitted by the Bosnian legal authorities.
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