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| Scientist guilty of US murder bid | |
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| A US court has found a Pakistani female scientist guilty of attempting to murder US agents while she was detained for questioning in Afghanistan. | |
| The prosecution said Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained neuroscientist, picked up an army rifle and shot at the US agents. | The prosecution said Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained neuroscientist, picked up an army rifle and shot at the US agents. |
| None of the Americans was injured but Siddiqui, 37, was shot. | |
| She was arrested by Afghan police in July 2008 on suspicion of carrying chemicals and notes referring to "mass-casualty attacks" in New York. | She was arrested by Afghan police in July 2008 on suspicion of carrying chemicals and notes referring to "mass-casualty attacks" in New York. |
| She has been accused of having links to the al-Qaeda leadership | |
| A jury in Manhattan found Siddiqui guilty of attempted murder, of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm. | |
| The attempted murder was found not to have been premeditated. | |
| Rights groups say she has spent the last five years in secret US jails. |