(RTL) Friday marked the second day of the trial against the IS fighter, who stands accused of terrorism and murder, among other charges.
The Portuguese national, who lived in Luxembourg until 2014, was not present at the court in Luxembourg City — his current whereabouts are unknown. However, prosecutors believe he is likely still in Kurdish custody.
The second day of the trial focused mainly on Duarte’s radicalisation and his time in Syria and Iraq.
Investigating judges retraced his movements from spring 2014, when he first came to the attention of the judicial police, to his capture nearly five years later by Kurdish fighters in Syria. His radicalisation had begun several years earlier, mainly online. In August 2014, then 27 years old, he left Luxembourg for Syria to join the so-called Islamic State, where he began training as an IS fighter.
