Germany Arrests Woman Accused of Joining ISIS

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March 25th, 8:19am

Berlin - Asharq Al-Awsat

General overview of the shopping mall of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) "Willy Brandt" in Schoenefeld, near Berlin, Germany October 31, 2020. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERS

A German woman accused of taking her son to ISIS-controlled territory in Syria and fighting for the extremist group there was arrested Wednesday after landing in Berlin. Prosecutors said that the suspect joined the terrorist group after her arrival and, together with her husband, decided to have her son — aged under 15 at the time — get firearms training at a training camp run by the group. The son was killed in an air raid in March 2018, according to the statement. Stefanie A. and her husband were later arrested. She is suspected of membership in a foreign terrorist organization, violating her duty of care, and a war crime, prosecutors said. She also at some point became an ISIS militant, they said. Stefanie will appear before the investigating judge on Thursday and the decision of whether or not she will be held in police custody will be taken.

from Asharq AL-awsat https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2880606/germany-arrests-woman-accused-joining-isis