(DPA) The former leader of the Islamic State terrorist group in Germany, Abu Walaa, has lost his appeal to avoid deportation.
The 41-year-old Iraqi is currently serving a sentence that keep[s] him behind bars until May 2027. Following his release, he is due to be sent back to Iraq.
After an urgent appeal against his deportation a year ago went against him, the full case was heard by the Düsseldorf Administrative Court.
In the ruling, the judge said there was neither evidence that Walaa has credibly renounced his former life as an Islamic State terrorist nor that he has deradicalized, and that therefore there was a risk of reoffending.
