DUSSELDORF, Germany
A trial begins for seven suspected members of the "Islamic State" (IS) group in Germany's western city of Dusseldorf on Tuesday.
The five Tajiks, one
Kyrgiz and one Turkmen are accused of setting up an IS cell in Germany and
planning attacks in the country and beyond in Western Europe, although no
evidence of concrete plans was found.
The seven men are believed to
have traveled to Germany in the spring of 2022 via Ukraine, where they
exploited the instability prompted by the Russian invasion.
In Germany, they set
up a cell of the Islamic State group, in coordination with another
defendant who is being separately tried in the Netherlands.
Six of them are also accused
of supporting the group by collecting thousands of euros in funds and
transferring them.
The suspects, aged between 21
and 47, were arrested in July 2023 at various locations in the
western state of North Rhine Westphalia. They have been in pretrial
detention since.
The trial at the Higher
Regional Court in Dusseldorf is due to stretch through to mid-January next
year, with 45 trial days scheduled.
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