Is this woman really as naive as her lawyer claims, or is Stefanie A. (44) a dangerous fanatic?
The stocky blonde from Bad Oldesloe has had to answer to the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court since Thursday. She is charged with membership of a terrorist organisation.
A. managed to travel to the ISIS war zone in Syria in 2016. She took her son Malik, who turned 14 on the trip, with her and handed him over to ISIS for combat training! By the time he was 15, Malik was dead.
That is why the Federal Prosecutor’s Office also accuses her of violating her duty of care and education, as well as of negligent homicide.
Her lawyer says: “My client will not make any statements for the time being.”
What is known about A.?
She has no profession, converted to Islam and is married to a stateless Palestinian whom she met when she was 15. He was a cook here, joined ISIS in 2015.
Her lawyer on the purpose of her Syria trip “The situation is that a woman, who is perhaps a bit naïve, is travelling to her husband who is injured.”
To her older son in Germany, A. allegedly sent an outrageous Messenger message: He could be happy about Malik’s “martyrdom”!
The lawyer says: “This is not an expression of ideological sentiment. It’s like saying he’s in a better place now.”
The trial continues.
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