A suspected ISIS recruit accused of trying to plot a terrorist attack has been released because the court reportedly had to deal with a backlog of cases, according to German newspaper reports.
A 32-year-old Syrian man had been in jail since being arrested two years ago for trying to fly from Germany to Turkey to join ISIS in Syria, the Independent reports.
He was charged with “serious subversive violence” by state prosecutors in April, but due to the courts being overloaded with cases, the man has been released, with the order that he reports back to the police station three times a week.
More than 800 residents in Germany have left to join ISIS in Syria and Iraq, with 60 percent of them being German citizens.
