Prison Sentence for 39-Year-Old for Approval of Terror
The trial was turbulent. The prosecutor stated that after the terrorist attack in Solingen in August 2024, in which an IS supporter killed three people, the accused posted a photo of the perpetrator on TikTok. He commented: "Only by God's grace did we come with the slaughter (…), so that you no longer commit sins." The post included an Islamic chant urging Muslims to be ready as infidels invade the Islamic world.
Defendant in Trial for Approving Terror "Proud" of the Post in Question
When asked about it, the defendant confirmed that he had written it: "I am proud of it." The attacker was "brave." In the direction of the presiding judge, the defendant remarked: "You are a criminal country, sir." He stated that he was "from the FSA (Free Syrian Army, note)." Austria was "a Nazi country" and had supported the then, now-deposed Syrian ruler Assad and taken "billions away from Syrian children." "I will destroy Austria," the 39-year-old recorded. For this purpose, he and "my men" had come to Europe: "We will not stop until Europe is destroyed."
The charges also included threats the man had made against a total of seven prostitutes via WhatsApp. When asked if he intended to scare the women, the 39-year-old replied: "I want to kill them." The Syrian had been committed to an institution for mentally abnormal lawbreakers by a court in 2017 after setting fire and burning down a bakery. At that time, he was deemed unaccountable and therefore not criminally responsible by a psychiatric expert due to a mental disorder. In 2023, the man was released, with so-called experts concluding that he no longer posed a danger.
Trial for Approving Terror: Defendant "Extremely Dangerous"
The current psychiatric expert now described the 39-year-old as "extremely dangerous," but considered him accountable. He suffers from a paranoid-sensitive disorder and is a "difficult, structurally weak personality." His appearance in court - the defendant repeatedly emphasized "I am terror!" - she explained with: "He needs this stage." However, she had "thoroughly examined" the man twice and concluded that accountability was present. Nonetheless, the expert advocated for the indefinite detention of the 39-year-old in a preventive measure facility under §21 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code in the event of a conviction. Without accompanying therapeutic treatments, serious bodily harm and other offenses with severe consequences would otherwise be expected.
(APA/Red)
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