BERLIN – A German court on Tuesday convicted a Syrian man of torturing hostages as a member of the Daesh group in Syria.
Raed E. was convicted guilty of war crimes, membership in a foreign terrorist organisation, and other offences by a regional court in Berlin. It sentenced the offender to 11 years in prison, notwithstanding the fact that his surname was not revealed due to German privacy laws.
Prosecutors said the 32-year-old joined the Daesh group in 2014 and took part in targeted attacks on the Shueitat tribe in Syria’s Deir Ezzor region.
At the trial, a man who was detained and tortured by the defendant testified.
The defendant fled Syria in 2015 and made his way to Germany, where he was apprehended last year.
The decision can be challenged.
Source: AP