After Terror Plan Against Vienna Central Station, Active Again for IS: Trial

After his conviction in April 2024 to two years of partially suspended imprisonment, he allegedly engaged in IS propaganda again, according to the indictment.

The court had instructed the young man, who at the last moment did not carry out his attack intentions and left the main train station without incident, to undergo a deradicalization program and continue his psychotherapy. Apparently, neither had any effect. According to the current indictment, after his release from May to November 2024, he spread IS-glorifying propaganda on social media. He is said to have aimed to encourage like-minded individuals and recruit new members.

Hearing Scheduled for Two Hours

As his defense attorney Rudolf Mayer explained to APA upon request, the 18-year-old will plead guilty before a jury. "He is confessing. If he no longer marches to the main train station with a knife but instead sends Nasheeds (Islamic songs with religious content, note), then that shows a much lower criminal intensity," said Mayer. The hearing is scheduled for two hours. A photography and filming ban applies in the courtroom. The 18-year-old has been continuously in pre-trial detention at the Josefstadt prison since early November.

(APA/Red)

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