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Press releasePublished on 14 April 2025

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland indicts young Swiss man for planning a trip to join the jihad

Bern, 14.04.2025 — The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has filed an indictment against a 21-year-old Swiss citizen in accelerated proceedings before the Federal Criminal Court. The defendant is suspected of having supported the proscribed terrorist group ‘Islamic state’ (IS), in particular by planning a trip to Somalia in order to join IS there. He is also alleged to have sent IS propaganda material to various recipients and to have possessed depictions of violence.