Woman from Tindouf Camps sentenced in Spain to two years in prison for radicalization, terrorist plots

A woman born in a Tindouf camp in Algeria and residing in Minorca in Spain has been sentenced by a Spanish Court to two years and six months in prison for self-indoctrination in terrorism, reported the Spanish news agency EFE.

The ruling, delivered on December 23, specifies that the defendant had versed in radicalization and jihadist ideologies and had spread extremist content through social media and messaging apps. She had also shown an interest in explosives and weapons handling, reported EFE.

According to the Court, “the woman had been influenced by her brother, a former fighter of the terrorist organization ISIS in the Greater Sahara, who died in Libya in 2016.” After her brother’s death, she reportedly continued to get in touch with his former associates and other individuals linked to terrorism, including in Germany. Furthermore, the court emphasized, “the defendant participated in jihadist propaganda groups in ‘Telegram’ App and shared content justifying terrorism.”

She had also sought specific materials in these forums, while taking precautions to conceal her online activities, which, according to the judges, “demonstrates her deliberate intent to commit illegal acts.”

Investigations carried out in her residences in Minorca and Alicante led to the discovery of a large set of documents and materials related to her self-training for terrorist action projects.

The judges concluded that the defendant was fully aware of the illegality of her actions, a fact that determined her sentence and imposed on her a five-year period of supervised release after her prison term, added EFE.