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The charges against the Bangladeshi boy who arrived in Austria in 2013 were not related to the night of terror.
One of the possible perpetrators of the November 2 terrorist attack in the center of Vienna was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday in the regional court for terrorist association and criminal organization. They pronounced six months unconditionally, the 18-year-old was monitored for 18 months with a trial period of three years.
In addition, the young IS sympathizer was instructed to undergo a de-radicalization program and report quarterly progress to the court. The sentence is already final, both the prosecutor and the 18-year-old agreed. A sentence of up to five years would have been available to determine the penalty. The boy’s previous innocence and constant responsibility received mitigating credit.
The charges against the Bangladeshi boy who arrived in Austria in 2013 are not related to the Night of Terror and related allegations. The investigation is ongoing, two more suspects were arrested last weekend, whose fingerprints are said to have been on the killer’s weapons who were shot by police. The current indictment against the 18-year-old comprised events that occurred between March 2018 and October 2019, although the murderer Kujtim Fejzulai played a role: The then 16-year-old is said to have encouraged the later murderer in his plans when he announced that he would do so. . wants to travel to Syria and join the radical Islamist terrorist militia “Islamic State” (IS) there to contribute as a fighter to the “conquest” of Syria.
Picked up on the way to Syria
The 18-year-old, who had previously provided Fejzulai with IS propaganda material, is said to praise him in bumpy German (“May Allah occupy you highest place in Paradise”) and “protect” him. from “kuffar” (infidels, note). have wished. Furthermore, the then young man told the elder that he himself would move to Syria after completing his training.
Fejzulai left for Syria on September 1, 2018, but was detained in Turkey, arrested and extradited to Austria after four months in a Turkish prison. Here, in late April 2019, he was sentenced to 22 months for terrorist organization, including his imprisonment in Turkey and his custody in Vienna. In early December 2019, the latest killer was prematurely paroled; Among other things, he was ordered to continue a de-radicalization program that he had begun while in prison.
Earlier this year he met Fejzulai again, the 18-year-old told a lay judge: “I was surprised that he got out of jail very quickly.” In July he saw the latest killer for the last time on the Handelskai when a mutual acquaintance asked him to join a larger group. The 18-year-old, who began an apprenticeship as an electrical engineer on September 1, emphasized that he knew nothing about Fejzulai’s terrorist plans and did not contribute anything to them. In court, he claimed that in the meantime he had turned away from ISIS: “Now I am against the ‘Islamic State’. After the first raid (in fall 2018, note), my parents and my brother explained it to me.”
The 18-year-old did not look like a terrorist at all. Physically, the short defendant looked almost like a child, appearing at trial in oversized bath slippers, a blue hoodie and distressed jeans. When he mentioned on the sidelines of the negotiation that Fejzulai had wanted to get him a job as a security clerk, he amused a large part of the audience.
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