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Court in Germany Sentences 'Daesh Leader' to 10,5 Years

© AP Photo / Andreas GebertPolice secure the area at Rosenheimer Platz square in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017
Police secure the area at Rosenheimer Platz square in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 - Sputnik International, 1920, 24.02.2021
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A higher regional court in Celle, Germany announced verdicts in the trial of the alleged leader of the Daesh* terrorist group in the country.

Abu Walaa and his three co-defendants are said to have radicalised young people and sent them to battle zones, according to reports.

The court found the 37-year-old Abu Walaa guilty of support and membership in the terrorist organisation and sentenced him to ten and a half years in prison.

The three co-defendants, between the ages of 32 and 55, received prison terms of between four and eight years.

The Federal Prosecutor's office demanded eleven and a half years imprisonment for Abu Walaa and between four and a half and ten years each for the other defendants. The defence pleaded for acquittal or significantly milder sentences. In the process, the court named a long list of other Islamists who are said to have been radicalised by Abu Walaa and a fellow defendant from Duisburg in the back room of his travel agency.

*Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) is a terrorist group banned in Russia

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