A young person arrested in December 2023 on strong suspicion of terrorist plans against a synagogue in Vienna or Paris was legally sentenced on Friday in Steyr to 22 months in prison, four of which were unconditional. He was in custody for four months and was allowed to go home.
After the boy had been in pre-trial detention for more than four months, he was able to go home with his parents after the final conviction. During the three-year probation period, he will receive probation assistance and must seek advice from an association specialized in deradicalization, the judge explains.
According to the report, there is no “delayed adulthood”
The prosecutor did not elaborate on the allegations in his opening statement. He only stated that a report by psychiatric expert Adelheid Kastner showed no evidence of delayed maturity in the suspect. He must therefore be found fully guilty as charged. The central element is “the right accompanying measures” to show him that “the path he has taken is the wrong one and that it can be returned to the right one,” the prosecutor said.
“It was meant to be fun”
The lawyer explained that although his client had been out on social media posting about building bombs or planning to attack synagogues, it was all “meant to be fun.” He wanted to see how others reacted to his announcement. “The bottom line is that it is about clarifying whether the young person acted deliberately and was guilty.” The lawyer denied this and demanded an acquittal. The defendant said nothing in court.
Taken into custody on December 7
The then 16-year-old was arrested on December 7. Various electronic data carriers were seized from him, including clear images and video material of executions and various instructions for making bombs, weapons and ammunition.
Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) and the head of the Directorate of State Security and Intelligence (DSN), Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, announced at a press conference in Vienna a few days after the arrest that the student had several options for the crime scene dealt with and implementation variants.
Source: Krone
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