Indictment for the criminal offense of terrorism raised

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - The accused Munib Ahmetspahić (1990) is charged with staying in the territory of Syria and Iraq from 2013 to 2018 as a member of paramilitary formations "ISIL", "Jabhet al-Nusra", "Al-Nusrah Front", which were declared terrorist organizations by the UN Security Council.

The prosecutor of the Department for Terrorism within the BiH Prosecutor's Office has filed an indictment against Munib Ahmetspahić, aka "Ebu Davud", "Osman", and "Mugira", born in 1990 in Zenica.

The accused is charged with having stayed in the territory of Syria and Iraq on two occasions, with the aim of joining terrorist organizations, in the period between 2013 and 2018, where he joined the paramilitary formations "ISIL", "Jabhet al-Nusra", "Al-Nusrah Front", which were declared terrorist organizations by the UN Security Council.

The accused is charged with joining terrorist organizations and participating in combat and terrorist activities, during which he was seriously wounded in the territory of Syria.

The investigation against the accused was conducted within the case codenamed "Damask", which is being carried out by the BiH Prosecutor's Office with partner police and security agencies in BiH and abroad.

The accused is charged with the criminal offense of organizing a terrorist group from Article 202d, paragraph 2, in conjunction with the criminal offense of terrorism from Article 201 of the Criminal Code of BiH.

Along with the indictment, a proposal to extend the detention has been submitted to the Court of BiH.