The accused says that he went to Syria after desiring to live in a land where he is living with Islamic principles

“S first the boy had gone to Syria in 2014 in Ramadan, I know which months they have but they have Ramadan, when the state of Islam was declared, and my wish was to be written with Islamic principles of wisdom, and I've gone with families”, the accused said.

This statement, the accused Lutfiu did so by answering the question of special prosecutor Africa Shefkiu, reports “Justice bet”.

At the beginning of the session, the chairman of the court, Judge Mentor Bajraktari, informed the parties that the trial management process has been completed and asked them if they have further evidence to propose.

In this case, prosecutor Shefkiu proposed to the court as new material evidence two acts of the Constitutional Court in Pristina, the Special Department, by which they were found guilty and convicted of the accused's wife and daughter.

They were convicted of criminal acts of organisation and participation in terrorist groups, logistical support for foreign terrorist fighters respectively.

The defendant's defender, lawyer Kadri Begolli, did not object to the prosecutor's proposed evidence, saying that after the court estimates, they would be weighed in on the appointment case and measuring the sentence for the defendant, who himself has agreed to the findings of his defender.

On the other hand, the hearing has continued with the handing over of protection from the accused Lutfiu, who claimed to stand by the statement he has given so far, in this criminal procedure.

In addition, prosecutor Shefkiu has faced the accused with his statements given to the prosecutor, where in some cases the accused has stated that certain parts of his statements had been changed, even though he had signed the same ones in the presence of his attorney.

Because in my statement there were changes and when my statement came to prison, I noticed there were changes”, he added.

Asked by the prosecutor what part he thinks the statement has been changed, the defendant said that in the part of his entry into Syria, where he meets with his son.

When I entered Syria on the first day, in the city of Jarabulus the boy has come out to pick me up with a friend of his, while the statement that has come to me right into prison says éaty is armed by the boy and is immediately interviewed in the war, this point of possibility” are the words the accused claims to have been distorted in the statement.

On the other hand, the accused has been asked about his way to Syria, part of his earlier statements, which the accused has not denied.

Prosecutor Shefkiu asked him even if the defendant knew Lavdrim Muhajer, who he said was his neighbor but he didn't have any close contact with him.

According to him, he only once traveled in a car with the mujahrer and another person he was told would supply explosives from Turkey.

In the prosecutor Shefkiu's question, however, whether he regrets that he has gone to conflict zones, accused Lutfiu claimed that.

Next, court member Judge Musa Condzhel has asked about where he performed religious rituals before going to Syria, as well as the difference between organisations I SIS and Al-Nusra.

The accused has declared that the distinction between these organisations stood in the goal for which they fought.

According to him, I SIS has fought for maturity, while Al-Nusra has not, and therefore they have been rival groups.

Asked by Judge Bajraktari, the accused said he was also arrested in Syria, where, according to him, he was sent to prison and his family to the camp.

On the other hand, the accused has not denied that he was armed, but according to him he was armed for self-defence, since there was a war zone and many spies of various caves were brought around and threatened.

The accused said that after his son was killed, he decided to leave terrorist groups. SIS and AL-Nusra.

I'm a rebel, I'd rather be a part of them, given the circumstances of killing”, the defendant said.

In the end, the accused repeated once again that he at ISIS has not gone to fight.

He has also asked the court that if convicted, release it from the procedure spending, as there is no longer any covering it, take into account the fact that it is in prison, and that it has five family members living on just 220 euros a month.

Afterward, prosecutor Shefkiu gave the final word in writing, which he had released at short points.

He has added that with the evidence presented, it has been proven that the accused committed a criminal offense and asked the court to plead guilty and be sentenced to merit sentences under the Penal Code.

On the other hand, the defendant's defender, lawyer Begolli, has stated that his client has testified that in Syria he has gone not to join the terrorist group I SIS, but to live in harmony with the rules of rightness.

According to the lawyer, from witness statements that have been active participants in the Syria conflict and as part of I SIS, none of them have claimed that the accused was part of I SIS, as is commissioned by the prosecution.

He has also stated that he takes into account the fact that the event took place in a war zone and war, it is impossible to document that his defense has been in custody or deprived of freedom in Syria.

On the other hand, he has asked the court to take into account the extenuating circumstances that go in favour of the accused.

So religious devotion, sincerity, the accuracy of statements, consistency, confirm the truth and ultimately facilitate the court's decision to make”, Begolli added.

And the defendant said: “Procuror used the photo he showed the witnesses that took place in 2013 and the third ones went to 2014. The SIS and they have never seen me in uniform, and the prison case he has more than prison, FBI evidence and Kosovo police questioning me know, there's no air behind him, let me ask for”.

Judge Bajraktari appointed the verdict on September 6th 2022.

Otherwise, the Constitutional Court in Pristina on March 23rd 2022 had sentenced him to four years and six months in prison accused Nagip Lutfiu of organising and participating in terrorist groups, but since May 30th, 2022 The Court of Appeals has cancelled this act and the case has turned into restoration in the complaint of defender Kadri Begolli.

Otherwise, according to the indictment filed on December 2, 2021, accused Nagip Lutfiu, deliberately and deliberately, as well as with preliminary preparations in order to join the terrorist organisation “Gjabat Al-Nustra”, in Syria, has issued the territory of the Republic of Kosovo through Pristina International Airport “Adem Jashari”, where it has reached Istanbul in Turkey and then through certain connections has penetrated Syria.

On the other hand, it is said that after completing tactical and combat exercises, equipped with AK-47-like firearms, he has actively participated in Syria's wars, which, later April 28, 2013, through Istanbul Airport has returned to Kosovo.

Always according to the indictment, accused Lutfiu reportedly on September 10, 2014, deliberately and deliberately and with preliminary preparations in order to join the terrorist organisation I The SIS in Syria has issued the territory of the Republic of Kosovo, penetrated Serbia and then arrived at Skopje Airport in the Republic of Macedonia, where it has arrived in Istanbul and has met with its wife, two daughters, as well as the daughter-in-law, following the plane route to Turkey's town of Gazientep, where it has been hosted by members of the ISIS.

In the indictment act, it is said that by crossing the illegal route to Syria first in the city of Bablimon, then in the town of Djerablu where he was accompanied by his son and another person from Gostivar, who by the same was equipped with AK-47 automatic rifles and ammunition by actively participating in Syria's wars, which have since been handed over to the Syrian Democratic Forces where he has stayed until July 17th 2021 and has been repatriated to Kosovo.

With this, Nagip Lutfiu is accused of committing criminal work “Organisation and participation in terrorist groups”, followed by Article 143, paragraph 2, concerning Article 81 of the Penal Code.