The terrorist involved in the tragedy of 9/11 returned home, he was greeted as a hero

44-year-old Mounir el-Motassadeq has returned to his native Marrakech and lives quietly in the suburbs. After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, Munir was accused of aiding terrorists and imprisoned. The man served 15 years, and after returning, he was greeted as a hero at the local mosque.

It is known that Munir served as the treasurer of a terrorist cell, which included criminals who hijacked planes on September 11. On that day, more than three thousand people died in the terrorist attack. And Munir was released early for good behavior, and he returned home, where his Russian wife was waiting for him.

Source: Daily Mail

In the photo – Munir el-Motassadek. The man lives in the suburbs of Marrakech with his wife and children.

Journalists saw him for the first time after his release from prison in Hamburg and deportation from Germany to his homeland. In his native mosque, he was greeted as a long-awaited hero.

A friend of Munir's family noted that close men met him with glee, people from all over Morocco come to him.

In total, Munir served a little less than 15 years. In the proceedings, he served as the treasurer of the group guilty of the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001 on the territory of the United States.

The terrorists targeted the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, the White House and the Capitol. The death toll is 2,977 people, injured – 6,300.

In Germany, Munir was on friendly terms with Mohamed Atta, the head of an al-Qaeda cell in Hamburg. It was Atta who was at the controls of the plane that crashed into the North Tower.

The second convicted person after the 9/11 terrorist attack is Zacarias Moussaoui. He is serving six life sentences in a maximum security prison in the United States.

In Marrakech, when Munir was caught in the cameras of journalists, he only grinned and noted that he was "too busy to talk." He shook hands with his colleagues and disappeared into the three-story house of his father Ibrahim.

He was later spotted near the mosque. Dressed in a bright blue polo and dark trousers, he was chatting with a man in a djellaba who had just left the mosque.

The journalists did not notice any surveillance or surveillance of Munir, although the Moroccan police noted that they would keep an eye on him.

Neighbors said they were "very happy" to see Munir at home. On Friday, October 26, after his arrival, there was a real holiday.

She also added that the man rarely leaves the house and goes out only for meetings with friends and to visit the mosque.

Regarding Munir 's role in the terrorist act , she noted the following:

"I think he was just friends with the people responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attack."

Maria Pavlova, a converted Muslim from Russia and Munir's wife, also lives with him in Ibrahim's house. She is very pious and amiable, but practically does not show herself in public.

The couple has three children: an 18-year-old daughter who is studying at university, and a couple of sons 17 and 12 years old.

On October 15, 2018, Munir was released on condition of deportation from Germany. If he returns to the territory of the State, he will be re-arrested. The man's real prison term ended in January 2019.

Blindfolded and escorted by a convoy, Munir was taken to the plane from Hamburg's Fuhlsbuttel prison to Frankfurt. That evening, he went to Casablanca on Royal Air Maroc flight AT811.

Munir was flying home on a regular flight accompanied by two policemen, on board he behaved at ease and smiled at the cameras.

During the trial , Munir shouted: