“‘Infidel, I’ll slaughter you’: Long imprisonment for knife Islamist,” translated from “‘Ungläubiger, ich werde dich schlachten’: Lange Haft für Messer-Islamisten,” Wochenblick, October 1, 2020 (thanks to Medforth):
At the Innsbruck Regional Court, a suspected Islamist was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization and for attempting to murder an acquaintance.
Even if there is disagreement about his exact origin – the Krone describes him as a stateless Palestinian, oe24 as a Syrian – one thing is clear: the man, who had been in Austria since 2005, continued to radicalize himself in Tyrol. This was confirmed by a local woman who had taken him in – in the end he didn’t even shake hands with her. At the turn of the year he attacked an acquaintance.
Islamist: “I must hate all enemies of Allah”
After being placed with a family in Ausserfern, along with stops in the asylum camps in Traiskirchen and in Vienna, the “specialist” made a living from gardening. And he also became more and more religious. The accommodation provider tells how he suddenly grew a beard and downloaded more and more anti-Israeli symbols onto his cell phone. Flags of the terrorist militia “Islamic State” hung in his room. Finally he announced to his hosts: “I must hate all enemies of Allah”.
He must have seen one of these in an Iraqi man who was repairing a car in a garage in Höfen (Reutte district) on New Year’s Day. The two men got into an argument before the alleged stabber threatened to kill his friend for religious reasons. He said, “Infidel! Why don’t you pray why are you drinking? I’ve already told you many times – I’ll slaughter you! ” Then he stabbed – and his victim was only unharmed because he cleverly repelled the attack.
Contact with the jihadist scene in Vienna
How far the radicalization had progressed by that time, officials then realized during a raid. Because next to the flags in his room, the migrant even advertised the “Islamic State” on the mailbox of his cell phone! He was also in contact with jihadists who are wanted by police from Vienna.
The man himself tried to appease the court: “I’m only interested in religions, but I’m not a psychopath.” The jury was not deterred and passed a unanimous – albeit not yet final – verdict: 14 years imprisonment. Why the constitutional service only became aware of the man after the attack remains unclear for the time being.
At the Innsbruck Regional Court, a suspected Islamist was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization and for attempting to murder an acquaintance.
Even if there is disagreement about his exact origin – the Krone describes him as a stateless Palestinian, oe24 as a Syrian – one thing is clear: the man, who had been in Austria since 2005, continued to radicalize himself in Tyrol. This was confirmed by a local woman who had taken him in – in the end he didn’t even shake hands with her. At the turn of the year he attacked an acquaintance.
Islamist: “I must hate all enemies of Allah”
After being placed with a family in Ausserfern, along with stops in the asylum camps in Traiskirchen and in Vienna, the “specialist” made a living from gardening. And he also became more and more religious. The accommodation provider tells how he suddenly grew a beard and downloaded more and more anti-Israeli symbols onto his cell phone. Flags of the terrorist militia “Islamic State” hung in his room. Finally he announced to his hosts: “I must hate all enemies of Allah”.
He must have seen one of these in an Iraqi man who was repairing a car in a garage in Höfen (Reutte district) on New Year’s Day. The two men got into an argument before the alleged stabber threatened to kill his friend for religious reasons. He said, “Infidel! Why don’t you pray why are you drinking? I’ve already told you many times – I’ll slaughter you! ” Then he stabbed – and his victim was only unharmed because he cleverly repelled the attack.
Contact with the jihadist scene in Vienna
How far the radicalization had progressed by that time, officials then realized during a raid. Because next to the flags in his room, the migrant even advertised the “Islamic State” on the mailbox of his cell phone! He was also in contact with jihadists who are wanted by police from Vienna.
The man himself tried to appease the court: “I’m only interested in religions, but I’m not a psychopath.” The jury was not deterred and passed a unanimous – albeit not yet final – verdict: 14 years imprisonment. Why the constitutional service only became aware of the man after the attack remains unclear for the time being.
