German Taliban Mujahideen
The " German Taliban Mujahideen " describes itself as a small group of Islamists operating in the Pakistani-Afghan border area, whose members grew up in Germany . The group first became known in September 2009 with a video message in which an attack on Germany was threatened. In the video with the title “The Call to Truth”, Ayyub Almani, alias Yusuf O., addressed the German people in disguise. Yusuf O. is said to have left for the Pakistani-Afghan border region in May 2009, and the Federal Prosecutor is investigating him. According to media reports, the 26-year-old was arrested by authorities in Vienna on May 31 and extradited to Germany in mid-June.
At the end of April 2010 the most famous activist of the group, the Saarland convert Eric Breininger , died in a battle in the North Waziristan region and with him the Berliner Danny R., an unrecognizable person and the “emir” of the group, the German-Turkish Ahmet M., died in January In 2011 the German Taliban reported back. A man named Abdul Fettah Almani was declared the new "Emir". According to information from the taz, he is the German citizen Fatih T. from Berlin. He graduated from high school in 2004. In May 2009 he is said to have set out for the Pakistani-Afghan border area. The Federal Prosecutor's Office is investigating him on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization . Even after he went to the terror camp, he received a Bafög transfer to his account from the German state .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Al Qaeda and Taliban target Germany , faz.net, September 26, 2009
- ↑ Yusuf O. transferred to Germany focus.de, June 20, 2011
- ^ Bafög in the terror camp , taz.de, January 17, 2011