Interpol arrests son of Abbasi Madani on charges of involvement in Houari Boumediene airport bombing

Indian security services arrested last weekend the son of the founder of the dissolved Islamic Front Party FIS, Abbasi Madani, following an arrest warrant issued by Interpol on charges of involvement in the bombing of Houari Boumerdiene airport in 1992.

•  Ossama, brother of Salim Abbasi, who was arrested in Bombay since last Wednesday told El Arabia Net website Friday that his detained brother was coming from Malaysia and entered India with a visa after receiving a formal invitation because he is a businessmen.
• However, the Indian authorities detained him after they found his name on the list of Interpol.
• “I’m sure the Indian justice will declare my brother not guilty”, Ossma Abbasi says about his brother who has the Qatari citizenship.
• “What happened to my brother Salim is a punishment for our father Sheikh Abbasi Madani founder of the former FIS. The Qatari authorities managed to find a solution to his brother’s case because he is also a Qatari citizen”.
• Previously, the Algerian justice council passed down a  death sentence against the accused for htheir  implication in the bombing of Houari Boumediene airport including Houcine Abderrahim, Rachid Hcheichi, Soussane Said and Rabhi Mohamed. The order was implemented in 1993.