Germany: Lenient sentence passed on Syrian synagogue bomber

He had plotted a bomb attack on the Hagen synagogue. Now the Hagen assassin Oday J. (17 years old) from Syria was sentenced by the Hagen Regional Court. One year and nine months on probation according to juvenile criminal law.

In addition, the judges ordered him to be placed in a reform school. Another condition of the probation is the change of location!

The trial for preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state was held in camera due to the age of the accused and ended surprisingly on Monday.

Court spokesman Christian Potthast (43) told the newspaper BILD: “He admitted most of the charges and confessed.

The reasons why the primary school student had radicalised himself within a few weeks and was religiously obsessed could not be clearly clarified. “There was no specific time when he planned the attack – he wanted to be prepared and had chosen the synagogue as a target,” said the court spokesman.

The instructions for building the bomb and for his The reasons why the secondary school student had radicalised himself within a few weeks and was religiously blinded could not be clearly clarified. “There was no specific time when he intended to carry out the attack – he wanted to be prepared and had chosen the synagogue as a target,” said the court spokesman.

He had obtained the instructions for building the bomb and for his explosive belt from the ISIS bomb builder Abu Harb (“Father of War”) via the messenger service “Telegram”.

However, Oday said at the trial that he would only have carried out an attack “if Kabul was bombed or if civilians were killed in an attack by Western troops.

Defence lawyer Ihsan Tanyolu (45) told BILD: “As a result of the verdict, those involved in the proceedings agreed that placement in a reform school was appropriate and the most sensible thing to do.” The judgement is not yet final.

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