Indictment in the case of Sena Hamzabegović confirmed

23.09.2021, 15:09

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina /BiH/ confirmed the Indictment in the case against the Accused Sena Hamzabegović on 9 September 2021, charging the Accused with the criminal offense of Funding Terrorist Activities under Article 202 paragraph (2)(b) as read with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of BiH.

According to the Indictment of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, on several occasions in the period between 2013 and 2018 the Accused Sena Hamzabegović participated in gathering of and providing financial assistance to citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the war theaters in Syria and Iraq knowing that those persons were fighting for the Islamic State (ISIL) and that they joined formations designated as terrorist groups and organizations by respective resolutions of the United Nations Security Council. The goal of those organizations was to destabilize and change the political and constitutional order by force, and the members of those organizations, by carrying out armed operations and attacks on the population, killings, unlawful imprisonment, taking of hostages and other acts on a daily basis, intended to coerce the legitimate authorities of Syria into changing the constitutional order and the political regime.