Trial begins against 18-year-old over alleged IS attack in Essen
A teenager is accused of having inflicted life-threatening injuries on three people in Essen in the name of the terrorist organisation Islamic State. The trial for attempted murder has begun.
Trial begins against 18-year-old over alleged IS attack in Essen
The trial against an 18-year-old pupil has begun before the Essen Regional Court. The young man is accused of having inflicted life-threatening injuries on three people in the name of the terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS).
The defendant is also alleged to have sought out further victims. The prosecution charges him with triple attempted murder. The offence took place in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Essen.
According to investigators' findings, the teenager became radicalised in his bedroom. He is said to have planned the attack as a so-called "martyr". The precise background to the radicalisation and the specific course of events will be examined in the course of the trial.
State security officials regard the case as particularly serious. The proceedings will clarify how the pupil became an alleged terrorist in a short space of time from a refugee boy.
Source: Bild
Source: BILD