A German woman who joined Isis went on trial accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi 'slave' girl die of thirst in the sun.
Munich - A German woman who joined the Islamic State jihadist group went on trial Tuesday accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of thirst in the sun.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad, herself a Yazidi survivor of Isis enslavement and torture, said the Munich trial "is a very big moment for me, and for the entire Yazidi community". The trial is being held under tight security in a Munich court that deals with state security and terrorism cases, with hearings initially scheduled until September 30.Jennifer W., who reportedly left school after the eighth grade and converted to Islam in 2013, travelled in mid-2014 from Germany via Turkey and Syria to Iraq where she joined the Isis.
In January 2016, months after the Yazidi child's death, Jennifer W. visited the German embassy in Ankara to apply for new identity papers. Jennifer W. allegedly said that the child's death had been "hard-core even for the Isis" and unjust because only God had the right to use fire as punishment. Her husband had later been beaten as punishment by the Isis, she said.
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