Mohamed Bensakhria is an Algerian citizen, sentenced in France to 10 years in prison for his role in the 2000 Strasbourg Cathedral bombing plot on December 16, 2004. He is suspected of having had close links to Osama bin Laden. He was arrested in Alicante on June 22, 2001. According to Spanish authorities, he was the leader of the Meliani group. Bensakhria's group was, according to Spanish authorities, funded by bin Laden. He had lived in Alicante for a period, after escaping from German police. The German police had uncovered a terror plot in December, and dismantled the group Bensakhria is believed to have led. References External links Jail for Strasbourg bomb plotters Algeria's 'export of terror' Algeria's terror connection Living people Algerian emigrants to Germany Prisoners and detainees of Algeria Prisoners and detainees of France Algerian Islamists Islamic terrorism in France Islamic terrorism in Germany Year of birth missing (living people)