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Man Thought He Was Running Over Osama Bin Laden |
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MONTPELLIER, France -- A French artist allegedly traumatized by
last week's Spain bombings was convicted of trying to run over a
pedestrian he mistook for Osama bin Laden and ordered to pay the man
$615.
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The 35-year-old defendant, identified as Pierre, was sentenced Tuesday
by a court in this southern France city to a three-month suspended
prison term. The man he tried to run over was unharmed.
Pierre's lawyer, David Mendel, said his client was the "victim
of a hallucination" while driving Monday through Montpellier's historic
center.
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Tried to run over Bin Laden.
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The victim, a man in his 30s, was able to run from the oncoming car, which crashed along the side of a street.
"If it was (bin Laden), we would have won $5 million," Mendel said, referring to a reward.
The Madrid train bombings, which killed 201 people,
increasingly appear to have been orchestrated by Islamic extremists
with links to bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 11 February 2025 )
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