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German Court Upholds IS Plot Sentences as Sweden Jails Teens in Separate Case

Judges pointed to Islamic State allegiance, violent propaganda exposure, and anger over Quran burnings as key motivators.

Overview

  • Germany's Federal Court of Justice confirmed multi-year prison terms for Ibrahim M. G. and Ramin N. for planning a firearm attack near Sweden's parliament in Stockholm.
  • The men received sentences of five and a half years and four years two months for membership or support of a foreign terrorist organization, conspiracy to murder, and a €200 IS donation violating foreign trade law.
  • Court findings say one defendant pledged allegiance to the IS leader in August 2023, joined IS Khorasan Province, researched routes to Stockholm, and attempted to buy a pistol on the Czech black market.
  • In Sweden, a 19-year-old was sentenced to seven years ten months for planning a terrorist attack on a Stockholm cultural festival, while a then-17-year-old received one year four months in a closed youth facility.
  • Both Swedish defendants swore loyalty to IS, Säpo arrested the older suspect in February 2025, the pair must pay 100,000 kronor to a German victim, and authorities say the Sweden plot and the Hesse attempted murder had no direct link.