Bosnia court sentences ex-Islamic fighter to 4 years in jail
A court in Bosnia on Friday sentenced a Bosnian man
to four years in prison for fighting with the Islamic State group in Syria.
The Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina said that Ibro
Cufurovic was guilty of organizing a terrorist group.
The 24-year-old was deported to Bosnia in April
after he was captured in Syria. He left Bosnia in 2014, going first to Turkey
and then crossing into Syria with an aim to join the Islamic State group in
Syria and Iraq, said the court.
The Klix news portal in Bosnia reported that
Cufurovic’s family also were deported from Syria earlier this month.
Bosnian officials in the past have said that 260
Bosnian citizens remain in the camps in Syria, including approximately 100 men
and 160 women and children,
In 2014, Bosnia became the first country in Europe
to introduce prison terms for its citizens who fought abroad.
