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 plans for the attack on the Swedish church were reportedly facilitated by the suspect's older brother, who was arrested in Hamburg.
- Despite the Public Prosecutor General's Office demanding severe sentences for both men, their defense lawyers advocated for more lenient penalties.
- The 29-year-old in Hamburg is facing charges of planning a serious act of criminality endangering the state and financing terrorism, which are serious processes under German law.
- The Higher Regional Court in Hamburg will decide on the fate of the two Syrian suspects charged with terrorism-related offenses in connection with a planned attack on a church in Sweden.
Source: www.stern.de
