A 27-year-old man from Menen, West Flanders, was sentenced on Wednesday, November 26th, to 15 years in prison for attempting a terror attack on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIL), the Ghent Court of Appeal ruled.
Abubakar S., of Chechen origin, was previously jailed for plotting an attack on an ‘LGBT’ bar in Antwerp. His wife received eight years, while his brother and another accomplice were sentenced to four years each, with suspended time for detention already served.
