Hungary sentences Syrian migrant to 10 years in jail for border riot

Syrian-Cypriot Ahmed Hamed, 40, listens to a judge sentence him to 10 years in jail for his acts in a 2015 riot at Hungary's Serbian border, in Szeged, Hungary, on November 30, 2016. Reuters/Bernadett Szabo

SZEGED, Hungary (Reuters) - A Syrian-Cypriot man was jailed for 10 years on Wednesday for his part in a riot at Hungary's border with Serbia border last year, when he hurled rocks at police in an attempt to force the border open, deemed an "act of terror" under Hungarian law.

Ahmed Hamed, 40, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of terrorism, cried as he was given his sentence - the longest handed down by a Hungarian court in connection to the migrant crisis.