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Budapest Municipal Court sentences ISIS terrorist to life in prison

Hassan F. was sentenced for crimes against humanity and murder. He was arrested in Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc International Airport in 2018 with forged documents.

 

The Budapest Municipal Court has sentenced Hassan F., a member of the terrorist organization ISIS, to life in prison.

According to MTI, the court said the man was complicit in at least two killings in Syria in 2015, at least one of which involved beheading. The man, who was sentenced for crimes against humanity and murder, was arrested in Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc International Airport in 2018, with forged documents.

The prosecution appealed for life in prison without the possibility of parole, the defense for acquittal, citing lack of evidence. Hassan F. had already been sentenced for people smuggling and other crimes.