The life confession of an IS returnee-Diepresse.com

Two years in prison for probation, combined with the requirement to take probation-and to complete psychotherapy and extremism advice with the instructions. That is on Wednesday, among other things, because of membership in the terrorist militia Islamic State (Is) imposed judgment on Evelyn T.

The woman born in Austria had already radicalized as a 14-year-old. However, as she now told the court, this did not come from her parents. Her father comes from Turkey, is Muslim faith, but does not practice religion, her mother comes from Chile, is Christin. By false friends, she got into radical Islamic circles. As a 16-year-old, Afghan Qais Z., which was ten years older, was introduced to her. A marriage under Islamic law was arranged two months later.

Black masked judicial assistant

Under severe guard by black masked judicial assistant and observing the State Protection Directorate DSN, the 26-year-old took a kind of life confession in front of the Schöffenenat. Your return to Austria took place in early March of this year. Evelyn T. immediately landed in custody.

Previously, the Austrian Foreign Ministry had opposed the return trips of IS members. With regard to a parallel case – Maria G. from Salzburg – the Federal Administrative Court had ordered the home recovery, with a view to the child’s welfare. G. had born two children as an IS member. This also set the course for Evelyn T.. Because she had born a boy in Syria in May 2017.

Via Turkey to Syria

In April 2015, her friend, who had joined the IS under the combat name Abu Luqman al-Afghani, was traveled to Syria. At that time he asked Evelyn T. to follow him. The youth act was as well as the name, but only managed to get to Syria via Turkey on the third attempt.

The first time she was refused to enter Turkey. The second time she traveled with her older sister’s passport to find out after two months of staying that IS had banned her friend to bring her from Turkey to Syria. The third time she made it to Greece by train and bus. They then brought tugs to Turkey and from there to Syria.

“I was veiled. My parents tried to talk me out of it.  »

Evelyn T. on her phase of radicalization

Even the tugs would have talked to her to go through the combat areas. However, her friend’s kinship had put pressure on her, took her mobile phone and pushed her on a onward journey. « You said that if I didn’t go on, take me to a Turkish women’s shelter. » The 26-year-old now told the Schöffensenat in the Vienna Criminal Court. The negotiating hall was filled to the last seat.

Arrived in the IS capital Raqqa, she was inferred: « You have to have a hundred percent hatred of unbelievers. » Her friend-who had already fought in Iraq at the time-had threatened her to report to the IS secret police if she did not follow it. Evelyn t.: « I was locked up in an apartment for months. I wasn’t even allowed to look out the window. » She was only allowed to leave the house accompanied by Qais Z. and only fully veiled.

With the birth of her son, she no longer endured it in the IS area. « I didn’t want my child to grow up in such a radicalized environment at IS. » With difficulty she was able to get her « husband » so far to try an departure. « If we were caught, there would have been the death penalty. » Ultimately, they were brought to a Kurdish base by tugs. There they were arrested and separated by the US-supported Kurdish militia, as the tugs would have predicted. Evelyn T. landed in the al-Roj camp. She lived there from the end of 2017 to February 2025.

The man threatens death

« I didn’t see my husband anymore, » said the accused now. This is currently said to be in an Iraqi prison. The death penalty is said to have been imposed on him.

Asked about the judge about life on the camp, Evelyn T. said that it has become increasingly difficult because more and more IS fighters had been captured over the years. « Those who were still for IS went around like the zombies. It was very bad. » And: « If you wanted to cook something, you first had to look for wood to make fire. » It was often cold. The available tents were heated by burning kerosene. Whole tents were burned more often. Once her baby had become seriously ill, got injections and the doctor told her that he could no longer do anything. « He said to me: » Now you have to hope that your child will survive.  »

« Do you have plans? » Asked the judge at the end. « I want to have my child back, » replied the young woman who was wearing her long, dark hair. The seven-year-old boy is currently in care at Vienna’s child and youth welfare (MA 11). And that revealed Evelyn T.: She wanted to be a zookeeper.

Since the punishment was entirely pronounced, the 26-year-old was allowed to collect her personal items from the judiciary after the negotiation. Immediately afterwards she was released in freedom.

Evelyn T. had broken out in tears before that her lawyer Anna Mair had explained and explained that the time was over. It had been tears of relief.