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Monday, February 19, 2018
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Monday, February 19, 2018
Iraq hands 6-year jail term to German jihadist teen
An Iraqi court sentences a German teenager to six years in jail for membership of the Islamic State group and illegal entry into the country, a judicial source says.
The source tells AFP that the girl, aged 17, yesterday was handed a five-year term for belonging to IS, and one year in prison for crossing illegally into Iraq.
On January 21, a German woman of Moroccan origin was sentenced to death by hanging on charges of providing “logistical support and helping the terrorist group to carry out crimes.”
The two Germans are among hundreds of foreign suspected jihadists held by Iraqi authorities, who in December announced the defeat of IS after a gruelling three-year battle.
— AFP
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