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Denmark jails ISIS sympathizer for 16 years
2022-12-21


It is the longest sentence imposed to date for crimes of terrorism in Denmark, life in prison being the maximum allowed under the law.

Syrian-born Ali al-Masry, 35, was found guilty of an “attempted terrorist act” by a court in Holbaek, a suburb of Copenhagen, and of financing and promoting “terrorist activities.”

He was arrested in February 2021 together with his Syrian brother and Iraqi-born Danish wife in a joint Danish-German operation.
Looking in the Rantburg archives, it appears that thirteen unnamed miscreants were originally arrested in Denmark and Germany, seven of whom were subsequently charged with all sorts of bad things. Three of them were brothers — two of whom had entered Germany for the first time in 1998 and received refugee status later.
“We are convinced that with these arrests we prevented an attack from being carried out,” said prosecutors John Catre Nielsen and Kirsten Jensen in a joint statement.

Masry pleaded not guilty, maintaining that 12 kilos (26 pounds) of powder and chemicals found in his flat had been intended for a firework display.

He now faces deportation after serving his prison sentence in Denmark.

His wife, 31, and 37-year-old brother were found guilty of financially supporting Masry and jailed for nine and six months respectively.

His brother will also be deported after serving his sentence.
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