(Swiss Info) The Federal Criminal Court has sentenced two men from the Balkans, the so-called “Frères de Genève” [the Geneva Brothers], to 30 and 53 months in prison for their support of the Islamic State group.
However, the court on Monday acquitted them of the charge of participating in the Islamist organisation in Kosovo, the Viti Brothers.
The first defendant was given a 30-month prison sentence, 15 of which are suspended, and a fine of 120 days’ imprisonment at CHF30, also suspended. The Kosovar national was expelled from Switzerland for five years.
His co-defendant was sentenced to 53 months in prison and 15 suspended day fines of CHF30. As a dual citizen of Switzerland and Macedonia, he cannot be deported.
