(AFP) Sweden on Thursday charged a 23-year-old Swedish-Syrian man with several “terrorist crimes,” including attempts to travel to Somalia to join the Islamic State (IS) group, prosecutors said.
He is also accused of both financing and attempting to finance IS through cryptocurrencies, as well as being a member of the organisation, according to the charge sheet.
On September 4, 2023, he made his first attempt to travel to Somalia, the prosecution said.
On March 18 the following year, he made another attempt via Saudi Arabia.
“In both cases, he was arrested. The first time by Ethiopian authorities near the Somali border. And the second time by Somali authorities,” prosecutor Carl Mellberg told AFP.
