German court imposes lengthy sentence on Islamist preacher accused of supporting ISIS terrorist group
The Zelle Regional High Court sentenced the Iraqi Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A., known as Abu Walaa, to 10-and-a-half years in prison for being a member of a foreign terrorist organisation, an accomplice to the preparation of a seditious crime and the financing of terrorism.
The court deemed it proven that the preacher of the now prohibited “German-speaking Islamic Circle of Hildesheim” was a leading member of the IS terrorist group in Germany, radicalised young people, encouraged them to carry out terrorist attacks and helped them to reach IS-controlled territory in Syria and Iraq.
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A German court sentenced 37-year-old Iraqi Abu Walaa on Wednesday
He was accused of leading jihadist network radicalising young people in Europe
Walaa would also help young people travel to Iraq and Syria, home to ISIS
He was found guilty on Wednesday of belonging to a foreign terrorist organisation, helping to plan subversive violent acts and financing terrorism
Three co-defendants were also handed sentences, from four to eight years
The network s recruits included a pair of German twin brothers who committed a bloody suicide attack in Iraq in 2015