The reason for detention was assumed to be the risk of committing an offense, as court spokeswoman Christina Salzborn explained on Monday evening in response to an APA inquiry. The decision is final and thus legally effective for an initial period of 14 days.

The 26-year-old Viennese woman and the Salzburger Maria G. were brought back to Austria with their children in a repatriation operation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last weekend. Evelyn T. and her son, born in May 2017, had been in the internment camp Camp Roj in Syria since the same year.

As her legal representative Anna Mair informed the APA on Monday, the woman had applied for consular protection at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in July 2024, which related to her repatriation from the camp. According to Mair, the 26-year-old was arrested without resistance at Vienna-Schwechat Airport - there was an active arrest warrant against her.

Seven-Year-Old Son in Custody of Child and Youth Services

The son of the 26-year-old was handed over to the Vienna Child and Youth Services at the airport and is in their custody, said Mair: "The family is ready to take in the son and is in contact with the Vienna Child and Youth Services provider. From the family's perspective, the handover of the son into their custody is urgently required in terms of the child's welfare."

Against Evelyn T., who joined the IS as a teenager and went to Syria, the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating for terrorist association and criminal organization. "She is facing the criminal proceedings against her and will bear the consequences for her actions as a teenager," her lawyer announced. The 26-year-old will "fulfill all conditions" and hopes for a reunion with her son soon. The mother is the only reference person for the seven-year-old and will "do everything to act in his best interest," Mair stated.

Returned Salzburger Maria G. at Liberty

Meanwhile, the ex-IS supporter Maria G., who also returned from Syria with her children to Salzburg on Saturday, is at liberty. In her case, the responsible Salzburg Public Prosecutor's Office waived an application for pre-trial detention. Maria G. joined the IS around eleven years ago as a then 17-year-old and had two sons with a now-deceased IS fighter. In 2019, she was captured during combat operations against the IS, and from September 2020, she was in Camp Roj.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reportedly offered since 2019 to repatriate the minor sons of Maria G. This was always refused by Maria G. The Federal Administrative Court finally ordered the repatriation of Maria G. and her two sons on October 10, 2024.

(APA/Red)

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