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Germany: Eight islamists indicted for supporting terrorism abroad
Germany indicts eight Islamists for supporting terrorism abroad - Monsters and Critics
Federal prosecutors in Germany said on Tuesday that they have indicted eight people for supporting foreign terrorism and being members of a criminal organisations.
The eight - seven men and one woman aged between 17 and 30 - are accused of supporting al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Kurdish group Ansar al-Islam, through their membership of the German chapter of the so-called Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF).
All but the 17-year-old, who is Turkish, are German citizens.
An arrest warrant has been issued for the suspects, all of whom remain at large in Germany, a spokesman for the Federal Prosecutor's Office said.
A statement released by the office said that the GIMF was a 'militant Islamist organisation that had the goal of supporting the global jihad through the internet.'
Background:
Germany: arrested man confesses in court to terrorism charges.
Afghanistan: 8 German killed while receiving terrorist training.
Kenya: German linked to terrorism alarms authorities.
Germany: Islamists aim to infiltrate Hamburg mosques.
Cross-posted from T&P.
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