Hanseatic Higher Regional Court - Plans to attack Swedish church: verdict expected
With the help of his younger brother, a 29-year-old in Hamburg is said to have planned a radical Islamist attack on a church in Sweden. The verdict in the trial against the two Syrians is due to be announced this Tuesday (13:00) at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court.
The 29-year-old is accused of preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state and financing terrorism. The 24-year-old is on trial for aiding and abetting the financing of terrorism. According to the Public Prosecutor General's Office, he allegedly helped to procure material for the construction of an explosives belt.
The public prosecutor's office has demanded prison sentences of six and two and a half years respectively for the two men. The defense lawyers argued for lenient prison sentences. The older brother was arrested in April in the St. Georg district of Hamburg, the younger one in Kempten in the Allgäu region.
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The 29-year-old's arrest in Hamburg was assisted by law enforcement from Bavaria. The Higher Regional Court in Hamburg will assess the charges of terrorism financing and planning an attack, which allegedly involved a church in Sweden. The older brother's criminality in this case extends beyond just aiding and abetting his brother, as earlier reports suggest he also had plans to harm another family member in Sweden. The ongoing legal processes in Hanseatic Germany underscore the seriousness of tackling radical Islamism and terrorism-related crimes.
Source: www.stern.de
