(Swiss Info) The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has decided to extend the pre-trial detention of a man accused of supporting a criminal group, attempted murder and violating the law banning Islamic State.
The man, a citizen of canton Vaud in western Switzerland, was arrested in June 2017. In a decision published on Monday, the court stated that prolonging his pre-trial detention for an additional two months was proportionate. The defendant is facing a prison sentence of several years, so there is no danger of excessive imprisonment, noted the court.
The criminal investigation against the man was triggered by various objects found in his living quarters in Lausanne. In addition to a handbook to urban guerrilla warfare, police confiscated a forbidden knife, a plastic bottle containing petrol, and a Koran.
