Process - Attacks in Duisburg: maximum sentence demanded for IS supporters
In the trial for the murderous knife attacks in Duisburg, the federal prosecution has requested the maximum sentence against a confessed Islamist. The 27-year-old IS supporter should be sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and four counts of attempted murder, a representative of the federal prosecutor's office demanded in her plea at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court on Monday.
In addition, the particular seriousness of his guilt should be established and subsequent preventive detention ordered. The man showed no remorse, no compassion and had announced further crimes.
The confessed Islamist is said to have killed a 35-year-old man in Duisburg on April 9 of this year, stabbing him at least 28 times as he left a party at night. Nine days later, he stabbed and seriously injured four visitors with a knife in a Duisburg gym.
The Syrian left Syria in 2015 after graduating from high school, came to Germany and radicalized himself into an Islamist-motivated murderer. The Islamic State's internet propaganda is aimed at frustrated young men like him, who then become assassins as "lone wolves".
In Duisburg, he lived mainly from social benefits. A lack of motivation and lack of drive had prevented him from learning the German language and finding a permanent job.
Instead, he followed the IS slogan of turning the entire world into a theater of war. According to his ideology, all non-supporters of IS are infidels whom he is allowed to kill.
"I wanted to commit more acts until I was killed so that I would die a martyr. I'm not interested in this world." This statement by the 27-year-old in the courtroom speaks for itself, according to the federal prosecutor's office.
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- The ongoing trial in Duisburg for acts of terrorism involves a confessed Islamist who is facing a life imprisonment sentence for murder and attempted murder, demanded by the federal prosecutor's office.
- The knife attacks in Duisburg, which were carried out by an IS supporter from North Rhine-Westphalia, have sparked outrage across Germany due to their brutal nature and motivation by extremist beliefs.
- The federal prosecutor's office has accused the Düsseldorf-based suspect of committing a knife attack on a 35-year-old man in Duisburg, leaving four more victims with serious injuries at a local gym.
- The case has not only highlighted the rise of criminality and extremism in Duisburg but also the failed attempt of integration for some immigrants in Germany, as the suspect had lived on social benefits and showed no interest in learning the German language.
- Terrorism and extremism in Germany continue to pose a significant threat, as shown by this case, and the federal prosecutor's office is working tirelessly to bring these individuals to justice and prevent further acts of terror.
- To prevent future attacks, law enforcement officials and government agencies are taking steps to monitor online activity and identify potential threats in order to disrupt terrorism networks and identify radicalized individuals before they can carry out attacks.
Source: www.stern.de
