The first former Guantanamo detainee to be tried in a civilian court has been found not guilty on all but one of the 286 charges in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa.
A federal jury handed down the verdict on Wednesday to Ahmed Ghailani, a Tanzanian national who had been accused of conspiring in the car bomb attacks in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people.
The jury found him guilty of one charge of conspiracy to damage or destroy US property by means of an explosive device.
Ghailani was cleared of 276 murder and attempted murder counts, along with five other conspiracy charges.
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In a dramatic conclusion to a trial that has gripped, saddened and divided the nation, the...
