Vegetables' Merchants Incite Minors To Fight In Syria

Two men from Algiers Baraki district took the opportunity of their arrival to the stronghold of the so-called “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria” in order to work on a thorough and secret scheme to recruit more women and minors with the help of former terrorists in the region.

Algiers Criminal Court exposed the case, on Wednesday, concerning two defendants who are arrested on charges of trying to join a terrorist group that is operating abroad, but two others are still Syria, as the Algerian security services obtained information concerning the so-called “B.W” who left the national territory toward Iraq on June 2015, after several meetings which were held at his home with a group of suspicious persons.

In the framework of investigations that were carried out by elements of the judicial police, the father of the accused was brought to the hearing. He said: “My son sent e mails containing pictures while he was holding a Kalashnikov, he is currently in Iraq, accompanied by two people who met him there”. 

 “One of these men is nicknamed “Sheikh”, who is an habitual in terrorism in 1994, and the other is called “Ch.Ahmed” also called “Devil”, a close friend of my son, who is also an habitual criminal in 2009 in the case of public security.

“A so-called “Ch. Meriam”, my son’s ex wife, told his grandson, 14, about her contacts with her husband, and revealed her intention to join him within the terrorist organization “ISIS”.

Security Services bough the grand son to the hearing as a witness in the case, and he confirmed that his uncle invited him several times to search for young people in the same age, in order to train them on terrorism, and emulate the children of Syria.

On the other hand, the two arrested accused refuted relationship with “B.W” and “Ch.A”, and said only that they are merchants of vegetables in the municipal market.

Public prosecution sentenced them to 15 years in prison, but the judge of provisions announced them non guilty and sentenced the two others to 20 years prison in absentia.