Overview
- The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe confirmed the Duisburg Landgericht’s eight-year sentence for Tarik S., ruling he had a serious, binding intent to carry out a 2023 truck attack on a pro-Israel demonstration.
- Stuttgart’s Higher Regional Court sentenced two 36-year-old Syrians to six years each for IS membership tied to roles in Syria, finding one served as an armed fighter and the other worked as a senior investigator for the IS religious police.
- The Stuttgart judges acquitted both men of additional allegations such as mistreatment, noting insufficient proof on those counts.
- Düsseldorf’s Higher Regional Court convicted Iraqi national Omer A. S. of IS membership for activities in 2016–2017 and imposed three and a half years in prison, exceeding the prosecution’s request; the judgment is not yet final.
- Investigations drew on international cooperation, including a tip from US authorities and IS member lists obtained by the BKA, and the courts weighed time elapsed, lack of prior records, renunciation claims, and IS brutality in sentencing.