BERLIN, 11 July (DPA/EP) –
A court in Berlin, the capital of Germany, has sentenced a man from Syria who was part of the Islamic State terrorist group to eleven years in prison on Tuesday.
The 32-year-old defendant has been convicted of belonging to a terrorist organization and committing crimes against humanity, according to the court’s verdict, which has largely complied with the Prosecutor’s request, while the defense requested acquittal. of the defendant.
The man, a Syrian citizen, left the country and arrived in Germany in 2015 after passing through Turkey. However, he was arrested in 2022. The court finds that he joined Islamic State in 2014 and that he worked for the group’s militants at Syrian border posts.
