Court upholds detention for proposed Islamic toxin assault
In 2015, J. journeyed to Germany as a young individual. Five years later, the Dortmund Regional Court pronounced judgment against him, citing various offenses, including an attempt at murder, after he hurled a massive branch from an overpass onto a vehicle below. Early 2023 saw his re-arrest.
The Dortmund court acknowledged his transformation into a more extreme ideology late in 2022. Consequently, he conceived a plan to execute an attack, utilizing homemade toxins. He sought guidance from the Islamic State militant organization, receiving directions on concocting cyanide. Subsequently, he acquired readily available essential elements. Regrettably, neither the instructions nor the materials proved effective in producing cyanide.
The Dortmund Regional Court sentenced the Iranian to a four-year imprisonment, followed by mandatory supervision. The judgment was upheld by the third senate of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), responsible for state security cases.
The judges in Karlsruhe concluded that the Dortmund court disregarded the inadequacy of the defendant's poison-making instructions, which did not pose a real threat to the populace, as irrelevant to his criminal guilt. Furthermore, they validated the Iranian's acquisition of various elements, presumed to be needed for poison production, as criminal financing of terrorism activities. The Dortmund verdict stands uncontested.
The failed attempt at poisoning, despite acquiring necessary elements, was not considered a threat by the Karlsruhe judges. His conviction for terrorist financing was upheld, as they viewed his acquisition of elements as funding for potential poison-related attacks.
