Combating terrorism: Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland files indictment against one person
Bern, 18.7.2024 - The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has filed an indictment in the Federal Criminal Court against a 51-year-old Algerian national. It alleges that the suspect supported and participated in the proscribed terrorist group ‘Islamic state’ (IS). More specifically, he is alleged to have attempted to travel from Algeria via Turkey to Syria in order to join IS there as a combatant. After he was unsuccessful in doing this, the indictment states that he left Turkey to travel to Europe and to Switzerland, in order to network with other IS members and supporters and to operate on behalf of the IS. According to the indictment, he planned to commit a terrorist attack in the name of IS in Europe. In addition, he is accused of being in possession of prohibited images of acts of violence.