Turkish national indicted by Swiss justice for supporting Islamic militants
The Swiss justice authorities say they have indicted a Turkish national for supporting terrorist groups and depicting prohibited violence.
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) accuses the 26-year-old defendant of encouraging a teenager in his support for the ideology of the Islamic State group and in his determination to travel to the territory under the control of the group and to engage in it.
However, this person, resident in neighbouring Austria, was arrested before his departure for Syria.
The OAG also accuses the defendant of producing and distributing propaganda material for the banned groups al-Qaeda and Islamic State, in particular via his own media outlet, according to a statement published on Tuesday.
The man allegedly also collected funds for Islamic militants in a prison camp in Syria, thus enabling them to escape.
Criminal proceedings against the Turkish defendant were opened more than three years ago. No date for the trial has been set.
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