Posted on 12/22/2020 4:46:04 PM PST by xomething
BUDAPEST: A Hungarian court sentenced a Syrian man to life imprisonment Thursday for terrorism and crimes against humanity including the beheading of an imam in Syria in 2015.
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“His task was to make a ‘death list’ of ‘enemies of Islam’,” the court statement said.
“He was personally involved in the execution of several people, including the beheading of a tribal leader.”
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the defendant commanded a small Daesh unit in Homs province in 2015 tasked with terrorizing and executing civilians and religious leaders who refused to side with the group.
Prosecutors said he personally took part in the beheading of an imam in the town of Al-Sukhnah, and in the murder of another civilian in the area in May 2015.
His unit also killed at least 25 people in the town including women and children, prosecutors say.
The man, who had been given refugee status in Greece...
(Excerpt) Read more at arabnews.com ...
What jurisdiction does a Hungarian court have over something that happened in
Syria?
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