(Luxembourg Times) Two Islamic State supporters from Luxembourg were sentenced on Thursday to a combined total of more than five years in prison for spreading propaganda by the terrorist organisation, in the first such trial in the Grand Duchy.
The public prosecutor’s office had charged the 29-year-old man and the 25-year-old woman, from the Kirchberg area of the capital, in connection with downloading, translating and distributing several thousand online messages in support of the Islamic State terror group.
The male defendant, referred to as Kevin M, was sentenced to a prison term of three and a half years, 18 months of which were suspended, and a total of five years on probation.
His partner, Alysson A, was jailed for two years, half of which will be spent on probation.
