(AFP) Germany has charged five Tajik men with membership of an Islamic State terror cell that recruited members and planned attacks on German soil, prosecutors said Monday.
A sixth member of the same cell, Ravsan B., was sentenced to seven years in jail in January after being prosecuted separately.
The five men charged on February 1, named as Farhodshoh K., Muhammadali G., Azizjon B., Sunatullokh K. and Komron B., are accused of having various roles in the cell founded in January 2019.
“The aim of the cell members, who were in contact with IS leaders in Syria and Afghanistan, was to take up the armed struggle against what they saw as ‘infidels’ and to commit attacks in Germany,” the indictment said.
