The trial against the two sisters who are accused of having participated in IS continued on Friday. After they had finished their free explanations, the public prosecutor began questioning the eldest sister. Several electronic pieces of evidence from the time before the sisters traveled to Syria were presented. The trial against the two sisters from Bærum started this week. Photo: Ane Hem / NTB On her tablet was downloaded a picture of a machine gun and illustrations of warriors with jihadist flags. Public prosecutor Marit Formo says that these seizures show that the purpose of their trip was not traditional aid work as the sisters have explained in court. – We believe that this documentation shows that they already had a desire to support the jihadists’ armed struggle in Syria a good while before the trip to Syria. Incitement to terror in the USA The sisters traveled to Syria in October 2013. The eldest sister explained this week that they planned the trip for a year. Once they decided, it took a week before they were in Syria. In January of the same year, the oldest of the several searched for jihad topics, among other things, on YouTube, according to the prosecution. The public prosecutor showed a bookmark that the eldest sister had saved on her internet browser. It was a user manual intended for foreign fighters. “A must read” for Muslims in the West, it says. This is a screenshot of the user manual from Al Qaeda. Photo: PRIVAT The manual explains how living conditions are during jihad, and how one should behave there. – I was interested in what the Mojaheddin’s life was like and how people thought. Not that I was necessarily interested in the content. Some of what is written in the user manual is that they call for punishing the USA “in their own backyard”. – A direct call for terrorist attacks in the USA, asks the prosecutor. – I am not surprised. That’s what they did. But I do not agree in any way, replied the sister. He doesn’t remember it The prosecutor showed what they believe is a profile picture from the Skype account of the sister accused of terrorism. Image was uploaded early in January 2013. – I don’t remember that I used it. But I won’t deny it, said the 30-year-old when asked if this was her profile picture. This was a photo that the prosecution believes the eldest sister had on her Skype account. Photo: PST – What was the reason why you chose such a picture, asks the prosecutor. – I assume that I thought he looked tough: – I often saw pictures like this. I don’t feel that there was anything special about having it as a profile picture, said the sister. Download jihadist flag In May 2013, six months before they left Bærum, the black and white flag that has been used by jihadist groups was downloaded onto her tablet. He was also asked about that in court on Friday. – This is the IS flag, isn’t it, asked public prosecutor Marit Formo. – This is primarily the flag of the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, replied the sister and continued: – It is very sad that other groups have taken over that flag, when it originally belonged to something completely different. This picture was downloaded to the iPad of the eldest Bærum sister in January 2013. This picture was downloaded to the iPad of the eldest Bærum sister in January 2013. This picture was downloaded to the iPad of the eldest Bærum sister in January 2013 – Are you the one who downloaded these pictures, asked the prosecutor. – It may well be, if it is on my iPad. – Why did you download it? – I don’t know, she answered. Only a small section of the search history In the questioning by the prosecutor, the sister was challenged that much of the search history was connected to jihad, holy war and jihadist symbolism. The sisters themselves have argued during the court case that they wanted to carry out aid work there in Syria, and that this was the motivation for traveling down there in 2013. – Can you explain why there are such things as these pictures and manuals that you find, but nothing about relief work, asked the prosecutor. The sister then replies that the prosecution has not examined her mobile phone and that she used it for many other purposes. Geir Lippestad defends the eldest sister. Photo: Hedda Regine Torillsdotter Kurseth / news – This is a small sample of what she applied for. There are many searches for emergency help and how to help people in crisis, so I reacted when the prosecutor claimed that there was no trace of that, says defender Geir Lippestad. She could not remember much of the seizure that was presented to her, she told the court. – I think it is striking that there are many things she remembers in great detail, but these things that are so special, she has no memory of, says Formo to news. State prosecutor Marit Formo is leading the case against the two sisters. On Friday, she started questioning the eldest sister. Photo: Hedda Kurseth / news I don’t think Lippestad is as strange. – Your client has given a detailed, free explanation. Now there was a lot she didn’t remember. What do you think about it? – I don’t remember what I wrote on Facebook in 2013, so I don’t think it’s very strange. In their free explanation, they have given an overall explanation of what they have done in Syria and experienced. They are two different things, he says. Questioning of both defendants will continue next week. They both plead not guilty. Published 18.10.2024, at 18.57
ttn-69
– Looked tough – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
