Verdict expected in Islamist attack trial
Created: 07/04/2022, 22:47
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In the process of an allegedly planned terrorist attack in the Hamburg area, there could be a verdict on Friday.
This was announced by the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court on Monday evening.
The hearing of evidence was closed on June 30, it said.
On Tuesday (9.30 a.m.), the federal prosecutor's office is to hold his plea, the defense attorney's plea is said to be scheduled for Wednesday (9.
Hamburg - 30 p.m.).
The Federal Prosecutor's Office accuses the 21-year-old of preparing a serious act of violence that is dangerous to the state and violating the War Weapons Control Act and the Weapons Act.
The German-Moroccan is said to have become radicalized in line with the Islamist ideology of al-Qaeda.
He wanted to carry out the attack around the 20th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001.
He was arrested in Hamburg on August 26, 2021 and has been in custody since then.
dpa
