In Tunisia, nine women have been sentenced to long prison terms for their membership of an all-female jihadist group. It is the first procedure aimed only at women.
The defendants were charged with forming a “terrorist group” and assassinating a Tunisian minister. In 2016, reports of an attempted assassination of then Interior Minister Hedi Majdoub were first published online. He was allegedly attacked while visiting his parents. However, the cabinet of the minister denied the incident at the time.
Information passed for attack
According to radio station Mosaique FM, one of the now-convicted women lived near Majdoub’s parents. She allegedly passed on information about his visits. Members of the jihadist group were sentenced to prison terms of between three and 25 years in Tunis on Tuesday, according to media reports. Another suspect was acquitted. The Justice Minister declined to provide any further information on the case.
It is the first trial in Tunisia that only targets female jihadists. Since the Tunisian revolution and the overthrow of authoritarian leader Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, jihadists have killed dozens of armed forces, civilians, security forces and foreign tourists in the country. However, the authorities have had successes in the fight against the groups in recent years.
Source: Krone
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