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Prison Terms: Zschaepe and Bomb Attacks

prison terms: Four men were found guilty of supporting the group in various ways and sentenced to prison terms of between 2 1/2 and 10 years, according to Toronto Star. Defendant Beate Zschaepe arrives in a courtroom before the proclamation of sentence in her trial as the only surviving member of neo-Nazi cell National Socialist Underground NSU behind a string of racist murders, in Munich on Wednesday. Judges sentenced Beate Zschaepe to life in prison for murder, membership of a terrorist organization, bomb attacks that injured dozens and several lesser crimes including a string of robberies. Zschaepe, 43, was found guilty of complicity in 10 deadly shootings of mostly Turkish immigrants carried out by clandestine trio the National Socialist Underground NSU . MICHAELA REHLE / AFP/GETTY IMAGES Presiding judge Manfred Goetzl told a packed Munich courtroom that Zschaepe's guilt weighed particularly heavily, meaning she is likely to serve at least a 15-year sentence. The 43-year-old showed no emotion as Goetzl read out her sentence. Her lawyers plan to appeal the verdict. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.