Germany prosecutes a woman on charges of ISIS
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Federal prosecutors in Germany charged a German woman of traveling to Syria with her young son to join the Islamic State Organization (ISIS).
Verena M., whose surname was not released for privacy reasons, was also indicted on charges of child endangerment, breaching her duty of care as a parent and breaking arms control laws, the prosecutors added.
In a statement released yesterday, federal prosecutors accused her of leaving Germany for Turkey with her son in 2015, against the father’s wishes. She then traveled to the Iraqi city of Mosul, where she joined ISIS, later moving to Raqqa in Syria.
During her time with ISIS, M. is alleged to have benefited from financial and housing support the group provided. In return she allegedly ran the household for her new husband, an ISIS member, and educated her son according to the ISIS’ radical ideas, abcNEWS reported.
Prosecutors also accuse her of possessing two assault rifles.
Verena M. was captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in 2019 and brought back to Germany two years later.