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PARIS — A Paris court on Friday convicted a gang leader, Youssouf Fofana, for the 2006 kidnapping, torture and murder of a young French Jew and sentenced him to life in prison — a verdict that drew a thumbs-up sign from the head of the self-styled “gang of barbarians.”
Ilan Halimi, who was 23 years old, was held captive for more than three weeks. He was found naked, handcuffed and covered with burn marks near railroad tracks south of Paris on Feb. 13, 2006. He died soon after.
