Acquittal requested for 7 Eindhoven terrorism suspects; prison demanded for other 2

(NL Times) On Tuesday, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) demanded four and three years in prison against two of the nine men arrested in Eindhoven on suspicion of terrorism in September last year. The OM requested acquittal for the other seven suspects because it had doubts about whether they wanted to commit a terrorist crime or were only talking along.

One of the suspects, Marwan M. (27), had 47 gruesome videos of ISIS executions on his phone. According to the public prosecutor, he was fascinated with violence and trained “in preparation for the jihadist struggle.” He also followed shooting training in Bulgaria with co-defendant Mohammad G. (27). The prosecutor demanded four years in prison against M. and three years in prison against G. The prosecutor said it was disappointing that M.’s friends did not stop him or pay more attention to his problems.

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