Three Iraqis jailed in Switzerland for aiding Islamic State


  • World
  • Friday, 18 Mar 2016

ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss court sentenced three Iraqis for terrorism offences on Friday, a verdict that the senior prosecutor said should send a message to jidhadists not to see the country as an easy target.

In Switzerland's first convictions of foreign Islamist militants, the three were jailed for between 42 and 56 months for belonging to or supporting a terrorist organisation, at a trial conducted under tight security in the city of Bellinzona. A fourth man was acquitted

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