Germany arrests Syrian man accused of war crimes for torturing captives with Daesh
April 6, 2022, 5:49 pm

Germany arrests Syrian man accused of war crimes for torturing captives with Daesh

An ISIS flag is seen in this picture illustration. (File photo Reuters)

The Arab News reported, citing the Associated Press, German investigators on Wednesday (6 Apr) arrested a Syrian man accused of war crimes for allegedly torturing captives while he was with Daesh group in Syria in 2014.

Federal prosecutors said the man, identified only as Raed E. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in Berlin. He is suspected of membership in a foreign terrorist organization, crimes against humanity, war crimes and bodily harm.

Prosecutors said, the suspect joined Daesh in summer 2014 and participated in an attack that August on the Shueitat tribe in the Deir Ezzor region of eastern Syria.

Activists reported death tolls ranging up to 700.

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According to the report, Raed E. is accused of abusing and torturing three captives after that attack. Prosecutors say that he had a man who was looking for a 13-year old brother kidnapped by Daesh arrested and then tortured him at various prisons run by the terrorist group.

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The suspect allegedly also ordered the 13-year-old suspended from a ceiling with his hands tied behind his back. And he is accused of twice physically abusing a third captive during months in captivity.

Prosecutors said in a statement that, in addition to working in Daesh prisons, he handled transactions in which the freedom of Shueitat captives was bought and manned two checkpoints for the extremist group.

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It should be noted that they didn’t say how or when he came to Germany.

Source: arabnews

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