A Syrian faces a prison sentence in Hungary for committing war crimes while joining ISIS

ARK News… A Hungarian court accused a Syrian youth of playing a leadership role in the "ISIS" organization, and sentenced him to at least 30 years in prison behind bars, for "terrorism" and "crimes against humanity", including the beheading of a tribal leader in Syria in 2015.

According to a statement from the court in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, reported by Agency France-Press, the court said that the defendant’s task was to “prepare a death list for the enemies of Islam,” not to mention that he “personally participated in the execution of several people, including the beheading of a tribal leader, and the killing another civilian in the Homs governorate, in May 2015. “

Defense attorneys announced that they would appeal the verdict, and the prosecution attorneys confirmed that they would also appeal to obtain a life sentence without parole. According to the prosecution, the defendant led a small unit of the "ISIS" organization in Homs governorate in 2015, whose mission is "terrorism and execution." Civilians and religious leaders refused to take sides with the organization. "

His unit was accused of killing at least 25 people in the town, including women and children, according to the prosecution, and the authorities in Malta, Greece, Belgium, as well as in Hungary participated in the investigation, which was coordinated by the European Judicial Cooperation Agency, and about 10 witnesses in those countries gave their testimonies.

The young man, who was granted asylum in Greece, was detained at Budapest airport in December 2018, after he presented false travel documents, the defense attorney said that the prosecution's evidence, including phone calls, video footage of the murders, and statements of the defendant himself, had failed to support the charges.

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