A nursery school assistant in Linz was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment for supporting the IS and sharing videos of the terrorist organisation. After the case became known, the kindergarten assistant was sacked from her job.
The employer did not know anything about the involvement of one of his kindergarten assistants with the Islamic State. At the time of the incident, she was still a minor. Therefore, the city of Linz as employer was not informed by the court about the conviction, as required by the law.
However, the newspaper “Kurier” reported that the kindergarten assistant, who is now 19 years old, shared videos the previous year in which little girls beheaded dolls and shouted: “The Islamic State continues to exist and is expanding”. The city of Linz subsequently took action and terminated the employment contract with the young woman.