Day: June 15, 2024

Legal

France charged jihadist with genocide crimes against Yezidis This investigation aimed to address suspicions of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed in Iraq and Syria since 2012 against ethnic and religious minorities.

June 15, 2024   

(Kurdistan 24) The French anti-terrorism prosecution announced on Friday that a French jihadist who returned to her country in August 2021 from Syria is being tried on terrorist charges, including crimes of genocide against the Yezidi minority. Following an interrogation session on […]

Crime

Germany: Police shoot man dead after Euro 2024 party attack A man went on the rampage in Wolmirstedt, in eastern Saxony-Anhalt state, killing another man and stabbing people at a private football party. The assailant was later shot dead by the police.

June 15, 2024   

(Deutsche Welle) A man attacked several people in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, including at a private party to mark the opening of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament, before he was shot and killed by the police. German police said Saturday that […]