A German court on Thursday (April 6th) convicted five Islamic extremists of supporting terrorist groups in Syria and handed down jail terms of up to six years and three months, AFP reported.
The four men and one woman helped the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) and other militant groups with recruits, cash and by sending vehicles, the court in the western city of Duesseldorf ruled.
A German flower seller identified only as Mirza Tamoor B., 60, was sentenced to six years and three months.
Another German, Kais B. O., 34, received a jail term of four and a half years.
Suspended custodial terms of eight to 16 months were handed to Germans Leila B. O., 29, and Mohammed D., 37, and Pakistani Muhammad R., 34.
Several of the accused were arrested in sweeping raids targeting extremists in late 2014.
Those defendants who spoke in court denied the charges against them, the statement said.
