(AFP) A woman linked to the Islamic State group will be tried in France on “genocide” charges over allegedly enslaving a Yazidi teenager in Syria, a source close to the case said Tuesday.
Sonia Mejri, a 35-year-old born in southern France, stands accused of aiding her then-husband — a high-ranking member of the jihadist group — to enslave and rape the teenager in spring 2015, when part of Syria and neighbouring Iraq was under IS rule, according to the investigation.
She is to be tried on charges of “genocide” and “crimes against humanity” for allegedly enslaving, imprisoning, torturing, raping or enabling the rape of the girl, the document ordering the trial said.
