Friday, January 27, 2017
Girl, 16, who stabbed a German police officer after being ordered to carry out an 'act of martyrdom' for ISIS is jailed for six years
- Teenager stabbed officer with a kitchen knife in Hanover's main train station
- German-Moroccan dual citizen had travelled to Istanbul hoping to reach Syria
- Returned with orders from ISIS to carry out an 'act of martyrdom' in Germany
- She has been jailed for six years at Celle state court for carrying out the attack
The teenage extremist, identified only as Safia S. under German privacy regulations, launched the attack on the policewoman in Hanover's main train station last February.
She was jailed for the attack after appearing at Celle state court today.
The German-Moroccan dual citizen travelled to Istanbul a year ago hoping to reach Syria only to be brought back by her mother.
But this was not before prosecutors say ISIS members tasked her with carrying out an attack in Germany.
She used a kitchen knife to attack her victim, who had stopped the extremist for...
Texas Gov. Abbott threatens to oust officials who promote sanctuary cities
The proposal also could set up a legal showdown between local and state officials in the Lone Star State.
Abbott announced the legislation in an interview Wednesday with "Fox & Friends," saying he and fellow Republicans in the Texas legislature are working to ban sanctuary cities and impose financial and criminal penalties on officials who fail to comply.
"We are working on laws that will ... ban sanctuary cities [and] remove from office any officer-holder who promotes sanctuary cities," he said.
President Trump also signed an executive order on Wednesday threatening to cut off federal grant money for sanctuary cities and states. Abbott already threatened to cut off around $2 million in state funding to Hernandez’s office if she doesn’t comply with the federal mandate.
A sanctuary city is a broadly used term to describe any jurisdiction that refuses to ...
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