(NL Times) Testimony from an expert in the Arabic language and culture indicated that the manner in which almost a hundred graves were vandalized at [a] Utrecht cemetery in May fits in with the “jihadist ideology.” Prosecutors presented more information about their case against 21-year-old Mohamed B. on Monday. The Vleuten resident is also accused separately of participating in a terrorist organization, and preparing to carry out impactful criminal acts, such as bombings.
On Monday, B. appeared at the District Court in Utrecht for the first public hearing regarding his case. In addition to the grave desecration, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) suspects B. of participating in a terrorist organization and preparing serious crimes, such as causing explosions. B. is alleged to have come close to traveling to Somalia last year to join the terrorist group Islamic State (IS), but he was stopped by his father.
