Wahhabi trial resumes in Belgrade

The trial of the 15 Sandzak Wahhabis continued on Monday before the Special Organized Crime Court in Belgrade. The group, affiliated with the Islamic sect, was arrested in 2007 near Novi Pazar, in Serbia's southwestern Sandzak region, and is charged with terrorism and illegal possession of weapons, ammunition and explosives. Wahhabi trial resumes in Belgrade Presiding Judge Milan Ranic read out a ballistics report on 29 shell casings recovered in the village of Zabre, which according to the indictment the defendants had fired. The report states that the bullets were fired from two weapons. Due to technical problems, the court did not see video footage recovered from the computer belonging to one of the accused, Mehmedin Koljsija. The screening has been scheduled for tomorrow. Last November, the videos shown at the trial included Al-Qaeda terrorist propaganda, including Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri's speeches glorifying jihad and murder of non-Muslims. The group of Wahhabis is standing trial accused of planning the murder of Muamer Zukorlic, who heads the Islamic Community in Serbia, as well as attacks on a Novi Pazar mosque and the police station in that town. The indictment against them also states that they had set up a terrorist training camp on Mt. Ninaja – where some of them were apprehended in a special police raid in the spring of 2007. The prosecution also alleges that the group had established close ties with likely-minded persons in the neighboring countries and elsewhere abroad, communicating directly and via e-mail. The trial will resume on Tuesday at 10:00 CET.

Wahhabi trial resumes in Belgrade

Presiding Judge Milan Ranić read out a ballistics report on 29 shell casings recovered in the village of Žabre, which according to the indictment the defendants had fired.

The report states that the bullets were fired from two weapons.

Due to technical problems, the court did not see video footage recovered from the computer belonging to one of the accused, Mehmedin Koljšija. The screening has been scheduled for tomorrow.

Last November, the videos shown at the trial included Al-Qaeda terrorist propaganda, including Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri's speeches glorifying jihad and murder of non-Muslims.

The group of Wahhabis is standing trial accused of planning the murder of Muamer Zukorlić, who heads the Islamic Community in Serbia, as well as attacks on a Novi Pazar mosque and the police station in that town.

The indictment against them also states that they had set up a terrorist training camp on Mt. Ninaja – where some of them were apprehended in a special police raid in the spring of 2007.

The prosecution also alleges that the group had established close ties with likely-minded persons in the neighboring countries and elsewhere abroad, communicating directly and via e-mail.

The trial will resume on Tuesday at 10:00 CET.