Belgrade, Serbia - A Serbian court sentenced on Friday 11 Muslims to prison terms ranging from six months to 13 years for plotting to kill Serbia's top muslim cleric and planning to attack a police station, a court spokeswoman said.
"They were arrested near the town of Novi Pazar in 2007 and were found guilty of conspiring to carry out acts of terrorism," Maja Kovacevic said.
All 11 are said to be followers of the puritanical Sunni Muslim Wahhabi sect.
Senad Ramovic, identified as the leader of a group was sentenced to 13 years in prison, while eight were sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to eight years. Two members of the group were sentenced to six months in prison.
"Among other things they had planned the assassination of Serbia's chief imam as well as to attack a police station and a mosque in Novi Pazar," Kovacevic said.
Novi Pazar is the capital of Serbia's Sandzak region, where the majority of the population are moderate Muslims.