Christian Emde

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Christian Emde ( Kunya : Abu Qatada Arabic أبو قتادة, DMG Abū Qatāda ; * 1984 in Solingen , Germany ; † End of 2018 in Shafa , Syria ) was a German Islamist . He is not to be confused with the Palestinian Islamist of the same name .

Career

Emde converted to Sunni Islam in 2003 at the age of 19 . He visited the now closed mosque of the Millatu Ibrahim organization in his hometown of Solingen. In 2011 he was arrested while in the UK for possession of bomb- making instructions and sentenced to 16 months in prison. After his prison sentence he was deported to Germany and went into hiding in Syria, where he joined the terrorist organization Islamic State .

In December 2014, Emde granted former member of the Bundestag Jürgen Todenhöfer an interview in Mosul , which was broadcast by RTL the following year. In 2016, documents emerged that indicated that Emde was also acting as a recruiter or surety for terrorists entering Syria and Iraq .

In February 2017, Emde is said to have tried to cheat his mother out of 20,000 euros in favor of the Islamic State . The German federal prosecutor's office investigated him for membership in a terrorist organization . According to several other IS terrorists, he was killed in a drone attack in Syria in late 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Berlin Attack and the “Abu Walaa” Islamic State Recruitment Network. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
  2. ↑ The honesty of the monster Emde. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b IS man in Solingen is wanted internationally. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b German IS man probably wanted to rip off his own mother. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Everything according to injustice and order. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Todenhöfer speaks with a German IS man. Publicist interviews German IS fighters in Mosul. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
  7. ^ IS terrorist Christian Emde from Solingen killed in a drone attack. Solinger Tageblatt of March 7, 2019
  8. Jump up against terrorist propaganda: drone kills German ISIS devil. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
  9. ^ Lo jihadista inglese Emde è stato ucciso. Retrieved March 7, 2019 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Emde, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abu Qatada
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Islamist
DATE OF BIRTH 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Solingen
DATE OF DEATH 2018
Place of death Syria