Two refugees accused of Syria "terrorist organisation" membership go on trial in Munich

Record ID: 645200

  • Title: Two refugees accused of Syria "terrorist organisation" membership go on trial in Munich
  • Date: 30th March 2017
  • Summary: MUNICH, GERMANY (MARCH 30, 2017) (REUTERS POOL) VARIOUS OF AUDIENCE IN COURTROOM TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF GERMANY'S FEDERAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE PUTTING ON THEIR ROBES AND SITTING DOWN PEOPLE SEATED, SIGN ON DESK IN FRONT OF THEM READING IN GERMAN "EXPERTS" LAPTOP COMPUTER ON DESK ONE OF THE ACCUSED BEING LED INTO COURTROOM IN WHEELCHAIR, HIS FACE COVERED UP WITH THE HOOD OF HIS JACKET, ACCUSED SHAKING HANDS WITH HIS LAWYER VARIOUS OF ACCUSED IN WHEELCHAIR SPEAKING TO HIS LAWYER VARIOUS OF SECOND ACCUSED, COVERING HIS FACE WITH A BINDER, STANDING NEAR DOOR AND SPEAKING TO HIS LAWYER JUDGES STANDING
  • Embargoed: 13th April 2017 11:29
  • Keywords: trial court Islamist Syria refugee migrant Munich
  • Location: MUNICH, GERMANY
  • City: MUNICH, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026A5G1FR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Two refugees went on trial in Munich on Thursday (March 30), accused of membership in a "terrorist organisation".
    A spokeswoman for Munich's higher regional court said that 22-year-old Azad R. and 24-year-old Kamel T.H.J. were suspected of fighting for Syrian Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham near Aleppo between 2013 and 2014.
    She added that after one of the defendants was injured during fighting, both went to Turkey before travelling on to Germany as refugees in June 2015.
    If convicted, they could face up to ten years in prison.
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