Trial to begin of teenage jihadist who slit a policewoman’s throat after traffic stop
THE trial begins tomorrow in Germany of an Isis-obsessed Muslim schoolgirl who slit the throat of a policewoman when she was stopped in a routine check.
Safia faces charges of attempted murder and of supporting a foreign terrorist organisation
The officer nearly died after the assault by Safia S., 16, who has Moroccan parents.
She faces charges of attempted murder and of supporting a foreign terrorist organisation.
A second suspect, her friend identified as 19-year-old German-Syrian national Mohamad Hasan K., was charged with failing to report the planned assault which left the policewoman fighting for her life.
He was due to be in the dock with her in the court in Celle but was out on bail and fled to Greece four weeks ago where he was arrested and now sits in jail pending extradition hearings.
This was an Islamic attack against our officers
The attacker was 15 when she pulled a knife from her clothing in February when stopped during a routine police check at Hanover main railway station.
Police said later the teenager was "frustrated" because she could not get to Syria to fight with her Jihadist idols.
Police said at the time: "As she was politely pulled to one side to confirm her identity a knife appeared lighteningly quick in her hand and our colleagues had little chance to defend themselves. This was an Islamic attack against our officers."
She was 15 when she pulled a knife from her clothing in February when stopped during a police check
One officer received a huge knife wound in her throat and was only saved through an emergency operation lasting several hours.
"It is a miracle that she survived at all," added the spokesman.
"The attacker was ice cold. Her only worry was that her headscarf was rumpled and she wanted to put it straight. It was nothing to her if the police officer lived or died."
Police said she was radicalised into Jihadism in Germany in November last year and admitted under questioning that she wanted to travel to the Middle East to fight with Isis.
Although she made it to Turkey, her mother brought her back to Germany.
But Isis ordered her to carry out an "act of martyrdom" when she arrived home.
She told Mohamad K., who was already aware of her trip to Istanbul, about her plans to kill the policewoman but he did not inform on her.
Police said she was radicalised into Jihadism in Germany in November last year
Germany endured four attacks within a week in July, including two assaults claimed by Isis, provoking a furious debate about security and asylum seekers.
Prosecutors say Safia S. belonged to a network of young followers of ISIS in Hanover.
Because she is still a minor under German law, most of the trial will take place behind closed doors.