German woman in dock over joining IS in Syria as teenager
5 years agoJustice officers secure access to the high security area at the District Court Halle (Justizzentrum) in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, on January 25, 2022, before the start of the trial against Leonora M., a young woman charged with membership in a terrorist organization. - The German woman who travelled to Syria as a 15-year-old to join the Islamic State group goes on trial accused of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity. Leonora M., now aged 21, is in the dock on suspicion that she and her IS husband enslaved a Yazidi woman in Syria in 2015. (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)
A German woman who moved to Syria as a 15-year-old to join the Islamic State group went on trial on Tuesday accused of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity. …