The request for international protection of the 29-year-old Tajik, who together with his wife and like-minded people is said to have planned attacks on the Stephansplatz and in the Prater, was rejected. However, the suspected IS man has still not exhausted the possibilities of the rule of law.
The rule of law as an obstacle to the deportation of criminals. The Tajik who allegedly planned a terrorist attack in Steffl on New Year’s Eve with his wife and other suspects is still here. Although he went from pre-trial detention to detention awaiting deportation two months ago.
“I can’t go back”
As the “Krone” reported, the suspected Islamist has fought the deportation order by applying for asylum: “I would like to say that I cannot return. I am a member of the political ‘Group 24’. The government in Tajikistan believes that we are a terrorist group,” he said.
The decision of the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum (BFA) is now made on 80 pages. There they know for sure that the man belongs to a terrorist group, but the ISPK (Islamic State Province of Khorasan): “What is certain is that you and the other suspects have attempted to carry out one or more attacks in Vienna, and you and your companions have already spied on St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Prater,” the BFA denial states.
Lawyer will file complaint
Is Austria rejecting the 29-year-old? Not at all. His lawyer Andreas Schweitzer announced: “The rejection was to be expected. But we are filing a complaint and will present new evidence that he is being persecuted in his home country.”
The lawyer has four weeks to do this, after which a verdict will be given in an oral hearing. Again, a lot of time will pass.
Schweitzer criticizes his client’s previous conviction: “The investigation by the Vienna prosecutor’s office is still ongoing. Deportation would be a state order to avoid a possible trial.”
By the way: the Tajik’s accomplice from Germany was deported long ago. The 29-year-old’s wife also had to return to Turkey. A fourth suspect committed suicide in prison.
Source: Krone
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