Sweden releases women suspected to be ISIS in Syria

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – In a statement, the office of the Swedish Public Prosecutor announced on Monday the release of three women, who arrived in Sweden after being deported from northeast Syria.

The judicial authorities released three women who had been deported from Syria after being held in a camp in northeast Syria on charges of being part of ISIS.

It was stated that “the Public Prosecution decided to release the three women who were arrested suspected of committing war crimes in Syria.”

“The preliminary investigation with them is continuing, but there are no reasons for their continued detention,” the statement added.

The three women were arrested when arriving in Stockholm last Thursday.

According to the statement of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is likely that the number of people linked to ISIS from Sweden in Syria is about 20 women, and 30 children. However, the authorities have not revealed the number of investigations underway now against them.

The National Operations Department of the Swedish police believes that there are about 30-40 preliminary investigations against those in Syria associated with ISIS, according to Swedish TV.

According to the Swedish intelligence service, about 300 Swedes, or residents of Sweden, joined the extremist organizations in Syria and Iraq, mainly between 2013 and 2014. Half of them have returned to Sweden since that period.

In December 2015, two Swedes were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Swedish judiciary for participating in the execution of two people by beheading them in Aleppo, north Syria.

In March, a woman was sentenced to three years in prison in Sweden for taking her 2-year-old son to Syria in 2014.