On Friday, the Cologne regional court sentenced a 15-year juvenile to four years of imprisonment in a penal colony for minors for planning a terrorist attack on a Christmas fair, Spiegel reports.
Virok was convicted of committing murder and disrupting a huge peace with the threat of criminal mischief, having informed the court's press secretary after a closed hearing.
The court learned that the defendant had radicalized in the fall of 2023. Already through a few years ago, with the 16th century, they launched an Islamic attack on the festival fairs near Leverkusen.
"Zokrema, the plan was that the accused would pass through the Christmas fair on rented equipment, in order to drive in as many blowers as possible, whom he considered unreliable," the court's press secretary informed. The accused, who is from Brandenburg, was ordered to film the crime.
In its indictment, the prosecutor initially assumed that the accused wanted to steal a van filled with gas cylinders at a Christmas fair. However, during the main hearings it turned out that the plan to commit the crime was different, the prosecutor's office spokesman reported.
At the same time, the 15-year-old teenager also posted a video in the group chat, in which he announced an attack on the “unclean” . In the background of the video one could see the identification symbol of the so-called "Islamic State".
According to juvenile criminal law, when choosing a punishment, the main attention is paid to the forensic aspect.
"When making a It was established that the accused had fully admitted his guilt during the main hearing, that he had no previous convictions, and also that he was still very young, a minor,” the press secretary told the court.
Prepared by: Nina Petrovich