Court delivers verdict in Zurich Jewish attack case
A teenager who seriously wounded a religious man with a blade in Zurich in March 2024 has been sentenced to twelve months in custody. However, the sentence will not be served, but will instead be replaced with a treatment measure.
Court delivers verdict in Zurich Jewish attack case
In the canton of Zurich, criminal proceedings against a teenager who stabbed a devout man last year have been concluded. The competent juvenile court in Dielsdorf delivered a custodial sentence of one year on Tuesday. However, execution of the sentence has been suspended and replaced with a therapeutic placement. blue News
The offence dates to 2 March 2024. On that day, the then 15-year-old defendant attacked an Orthodox Jewish man in the city with a stabbing weapon. The man suffered life-threatening injuries. According to investigations, the teenager had previously attempted to break into a place of worship in order to commit further acts of violence there.
The authorities suspect online radicalisation. The defendant is believed to have affiliated himself with the terrorist group "Islamic State". In his reasoning for the verdict, the judge stressed the particular severity of the offence: the deliberate killing of people of Jewish faith had been carried out without any conscience.
The prosecution charged the young man with attempted multiple murder, aiding a criminal organisation, and public incitement to hatred and discrimination. They demanded the maximum sentence of twelve months as well as additional protective measures.
The defence counsel sought to downgrade the charge to attempted intentional killing and pleaded for a conditional sentence of six months. Additionally, personal support and outpatient psychiatric care were to be ordered. The tribunal acquitted the defendant of the charge of repeated threats.
As the perpetrator was a minor at the time of the offence, juvenile criminal law applies, which has a maximum annual sentence. An appeal against the verdict remains possible.
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