Germany: Alleged IS recruit tried, accused of keeping slaves

October 16, 2019   

(AP) A German-Algerian woman accused of membership of the Islamic State group and keeping three captive Yazidi women as slaves in Syria has gone on trial in Germany.

Proceedings against the 21-year-old, identified only as Sarah O. in line with German privacy rules, opened Wednesday at the Duesseldorf state court.

News agency dpa reported that judge Lars Bachler ruled that the proceedings should be closed to the public because the defendant was aged between 16 and 19 at the time of the alleged crimes.

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