Investigators found 50,000 photo and film files on his mobile phone, some of which showed torture and explosives attacks: Due to the spread of terrorist propaganda, the Higher Regional Court Celle sentenced a refugee from Syria to one and a half years in prison.
The 32-year-old had made over his cell phone material of the terrorist militia "Islamic State" (IS) on the Internet, judged the court of Lower Saxony. It was a request to support the fight of the IS and attacks to commit (Az .: 5 StS 1/19).
The defendant had not commented on the allegations in the process. The court did not suspend the sentence because the man did not distance himself from his beliefs and threatened further crimes. The defense had demanded acquittal for lack of evidence and the prosecution two years and ten months in prison. The verdict is not yet legally binding.
The stateless Palestinian, born in a refugee camp near Damascus, came as a refugee via Egypt, the Mediterranean and Italy to Germany. Finally, the Hamburg State Office for the Protection of the Constitution became aware of its Internet activities.
