French Jihadist Presumed Dead to Be Tried for Yazidi 'Genocide'

stern.de

Center

Factuality

Ownership

On Monday in Paris, a trial for the alleged involvement in the genocide against the ethnic group of the Yezids in Syria begins. A Frenchman who had radicalised himself and joined several jihadist militias in Syria is accused of being in absentia - it is believed that he is dead. The prosecution accuses the man of enslaved and raped jesidic women and girls between 2014 and 2016. He is also said to have led other members of the Islamic State of Ye…

republicain-lorrain.fr

estrepublicain.fr

View article

vosgesmatin.fr

View article

+2 Reposted by 2 other sources

Factuality

Ownership

The French jihadist Sabri Essid, presumed dead, is tried by default from this Monday before the Paris Assize Court. He is accused of having participated in the genocide of the Yezidi religious minority between 2014 and 2016, when he was fighting in the ranks of Daesh.