Against Istiaque A., the child of Muslim migrants, “a terrorist charge was brought before the regional court at the beginning of October. In it, he is accused of having been active for the radical Islamist terrorist militia Islamic State since March 2018 and of supporting the later assassin,” that is, Vienna jihad murderer Kujtim Fezjulai, “in his plans to travel to Syria, where he wanted to join IS.”
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“Suspect under terrorism charges,” translated from “Verdächtiger unter Anklage nach Terror-Paragraf,” Kronen Zeitung, November 9, 2020:
Further details have now come to light about the suspect who was taken into custody as a possible accomplice or aid in the terrorist attack in downtown Vienna. As reported previously, at the time of the bloodbath he already had charges of terrorist activity, as the spokeswoman for the regional court for criminal matters, Christina Salzborn, has now also confirmed. The 18-year-old is said to have spread Islamist propaganda material and encouraged the later assassin Kujtim F. (20) in his travel plans.
Against the suspect – he is 18 years old, his parents come from Bangladesh, before his arrest he is said to have been externally recognizable as a devout Muslim due to his clothing and beard – a terrorist charge was brought before the regional court at the beginning of October. In it, he is accused of having been active for the radical Islamist terrorist militia Islamic State since March 2018 and of supporting the later assassin in his plans to travel to Syria, where he wanted to join IS. Whether and to what extent he was involved in the attack in Vienna is still under investigation.
Also supposed to have spread propaganda material
In this regard, the 18-year-old is charged with a “psychological contribution”. He is said to have encouraged the two-years-older IS sympathizer in chats to put his Syria plans into action. In addition, the 18-year-old is chalked up for the dissemination of IS propaganda material and Nashids – propaganda and battle songs for violent jihad against the so-called infidels.
The assassin’s intention to fight for IS in Syria came to nothing in autumn 2018, because he was picked up by the authorities in Turkey, arrested and sent back to Vienna. At the local regional court in April 2019, he was convicted of terrorist association together with a 22-year-old religious brother – who, however, had not tried to get to Syria at the side of the younger boy. Rather, the two had planned to act as “religious warriors” in Afghanistan, which also failed.
The present indictment against the 18-year-old alleged Islamist is already legally in force. There is no hearing date yet.