Four jailed over disco fire deaths

Stockholm - Four men were found guilty of gross arson and three were jailed for six to eight years yesterday in the trial arising…

Stockholm - Four men were found guilty of gross arson and three were jailed for six to eight years yesterday in the trial arising out of a 1998 discotheque fire in which 63 youngsters died.

Gothenburg district court found all four Iranian-born men, three aged 19 and one 21year-old, guilty as charged, sentencing the fourth defendant to youth detention. They have until June 29th to appeal.

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