(RTL) A case against four individuals accused of participating in terrorist activity began on Thursday, although with one unusual detail — all four were absent, with three presumed dead.
All four defendants are accused of having links to terrorist organisation IS, particularly in Syria and Iraq. However, all but one defendant are presumed dead, according to Thursday’s court session.
The sole surviving defendant, Steve Duarte, is currently thought to be in a detention facility in northern Syria.
On Thursday morning, prosecutors unravelled the radicalisation of the four individuals.
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Benisen R., the first defendant, is said to have died fighting in Syria back in 2014, according to his wife, who has since returned to Luxembourg.
