(Brussels Times) Two widows of IS jihadists were acquitted of terrorism charges by a Turkish court on the 11th of March.
Tatiana Wielandt (27) and Bouchra Abouallal (26) were immediately released, along with their children aged two and five. They are currently in a refugee camp awaiting extradition to Belgium, De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, and the Gazet van Antwerpen reported on Saturday. Their lawyer Walter Damen confirmed the story.
Wielandt and Abouallal left Belgium to join the Islamic State twice. They started living in a prison camp controlled by the Kurds in early 2017. They crossed the Turkish border and handed themselves into local authorities at the end of 2019. Four of their six children were sent to Belgium in January.
