In Sweden, a court hearing began in the case of a local resident who raised funds for the needs of the YPG terrorist organization (Syrian wing PKK – approx. “Anadola”).
According to SR State Radio, the defendant is accused of “financing terrorism, an attempt to extort and armed attack”.
this kind of trial in connection with the financing of terrorists is carried out in the Scandinavian country for the first time.
SVT state television reported that the accused was arrested back in January after, threatening with a weapon, he tried to raise money from the owners of one of the restaurants under the pretext of helping the PKK terrorist organization.
“The investigation framework expand as investigation,” the prosecutor Hans Irman, who prepared the indictment, said in this regard.
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom in an interview with Dagens Nyheter newspaper in April called the PKK/YPG terrorist organization the main reason for disagreement with Turkey on Sweden’s membership. “