German woman convicted over her time with Islamic State in Syria
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35-year-old Nurten was convicted of participating in a foreign terrorist organisation, neglecting her duties of care toward a minor and war crimes against property
A German woman accused of joining the Islamic State group in Syria after travelling there with her young daughter was convicted on Wednesday of participating in a terrorist organisation and other offenses. The state court in Duesseldorf sentenced the 35-year-old, whom prosecutors have identified only as Nurten J. in line with German privacy rules, to four years and three months in prison. The court said that she moved to Syria in February 2015 with her daughter, then aged 3, and joined IS, marrying a high-ranking member of the extremist group and living in several apartments whose inhabitants had been driven out by IS.
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