(Swiss Info) The Federal Court has confirmed a one-month custodial sentence handed down to a 17-year-old boy charged with violating Swiss terror and gun laws.
At the end of June, the Geneva prosecutor for minors initiated a criminal probe against the 17-year-old based on a report by the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service. During a search at his home, three gas guns, two knives, a machete, two mobile phones and computer equipment were seized. Documents seized belonging to the minor included a bombmaking manual.
According to the Federal Court ruling, reported by SRF public radio on Tuesday, searches of his computer revealed that the boy had carried out internet research into the terrorist attack on Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand.
